We analyze the short-run effects of money shocks on output in the contemporary world. As our benchmark case, we visit Bernanke (1983) for the Turkish economy over the monthly period 2002M1-2006M10. We show that money shocks affect output with a lag of one month. After that, we introduce our...

This paper reconsiders the empirical evidence on the asymmetric output effects of monetary policy. Asymmetric effects is a common feature of many theoretical models, and there are many different versions of such asymmetries. We concentrate on the distinctions between positive and negative...