This article analyzes the relationship between export competitiveness and investment in machinery, allowing for imperfect substitution between domestically produced and imported machinery. A translog export price function is estimated for developed, exportoriented developing, and...

This paper provides a dynamic analysis of the responsiveness of asset markets to monetary policy path revisions. In an era of increased transparency and gradualism in policy making, one might expect an increased response to path revisions in asset markets as the policy actions become more...

Bu calismada TCMB para politikasi ile ilgili beklentilerin sermaye piyasalari uzerindeki etkisi incelenmektedir. Etkin piyasa hipotezinin (“efficient market hypothesis”) gecerli olmasi durumunda merkez bankasi tarafindan yapilan faiz karari aciklamasini takiben sermaye piyasalarinin sadece...

This article examines the extent of contagion and interdependence across the East Asian equity markets since early 1990s and compares the ongoing crisis with earlier episodes. Using the forecast error variance decomposition from a vector autoregression, we derive return and volatility spillover...

We propose several connectedness measures built from pieces of variance decompositions, and we argue that they provide natural and insightful measures of connectedness among financial asset returns and volatilities. We also show that variance decompositions define weighted, directed networks, so...

This article focuses on the customs union (CU) already in effect for almost a decade and a half now and links the impact of the CU with the sources of support as well as resistance within Turkey to further integration with the EU. Overall the CU had a positive impact on Turkish economy through...

This paper examines direct and indirect contributions of foreign firms and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to aggregate productivity growth. We focus our attention on foreign firms and small firms for three reasons. First, industrial policy in almost all countries is oriented towards...

Bu çalışmada TCMB para politikası ile ilgili beklentilerin sermaye piyasaları üzerindeki etkisi incelenmektedir. Etkin piyasa hipotezinin (“efficient market hypothesis”) geçerli olması durumunda merkez bankası tarafından yapılan faiz kararı açıklamasını takiben sermaye...