This paper develops a dynamic industry model in which firms compete to acquire customers over time by disseminating information about themselves under the presence of random shocks to their efficiency. The properties of the model's stationary equilibrium are related to empirical regularities on...

The interaction between fiscal and monetary policies evolves over time and differs from country to country. In this study, we first present the case of Turkey. During the 1990s, the country's fiscal deficits and public debt ballooned. Monetary policy was severely constrained by the resulting...

Economic and financial integration has reshaped the monetary policy frameworks and transmission channels in the emerging market economies (EMEs) over the past two decades. Economic and financial linkages have become stronger, resulting in greater synchronization of business cycles across...

The low level of global interest rates and the high liquidity resulting from the quantitative easing policies adopted by advanced countries in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007–09 bolstered capital flows to emerging market economies. However, the uncertainties relating to the...

Financial deepening and increases in the private sector's credit-to-output ratio are expected to strengthen the monetary policy transmission mechanism in Turkey. However, shifts in the structure and composition of financial intermediation are also important for the transmission mechanism. From...

Heightened volatility in cross-border capital flows has increased exchange rate volatility across emerging markets as well as in advanced economies, setting the stage for more active management of currencies. Traditionally, foreign exchange rate intervention has been the primary tool to address...