Identifying the Liquidity Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks For a Small Open Economy: Turkey

Berument, Hakan and Togay, Selahattin and Sahin, Afsin (2011): Identifying the Liquidity Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks For a Small Open Economy: Turkey. Published in: Open Economies Review , Vol. 22, No. 4 (September 2011): pp. 649-667.

Abstract

This paper proposes a new liquidity measure for a small open economy. The new measure includes the net liquidity provided to the system by a central bank after accounting for the central bank’s involvement in the foreign exchange market. Empirical evidence gathered from Turkey suggests that a positive innovation in liquidity increases output temporarily and that its effect on prices, exchange rate and money are permanently higher.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Liquidity effect; Small and open economies; VAR models.
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E43 - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E50 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E52 - Monetary Policy

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