Refet S. Gürkaynak

Bilkent University - Department of Economics

06533 Ankara

Turkey

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Do Actions Speak Louder than Words? The Response of Asset Prices to Monetary Policy Actions and Statements

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Dec 2004
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Brian P. Sack and Eric T. Swanson
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Monetary and Financial Market Analysis Section and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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Measuring monetary policy surprises, FOMC statement, factor models, assest prices

Does Inflation Targeting Anchor Long-Run Inflation Expectations? Evidence from Long-Term Bond Yields in the U.S., U.K. And Sweden

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2006-09
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Jul 2007
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Andrew T. Levin and Eric T. Swanson
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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inflation targeting, inflation compensation, excess sensitivity, forward rates, high-frequency data

Does Inflation Targeting Anchor Long-Run Inflation Expectations? Evidence from Long-Term Bond Yields in the U.S., U.K. And Sweden

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5808
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Oct 2006
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Andrew T. Levin and Eric T. Swanson
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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Inflation targeting

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The U.S. Treasury Yield Curve: 1961 to the Present

FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-28
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Jul 2006
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Brian P. Sack and Jonathan H. Wright
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Monetary and Financial Market Analysis Section and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Yield curve, forward rates, on-the-run premium, treasury market

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Econometric Tests of Asset Price Bubbles: Taking Stock

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jan 2005
Refet S. Gürkaynak
Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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asset price bubbles, econometric bubble detection

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Using Federal Funds Futures Contracts for Monetary Policy Analysis

FEDS Working Paper No. 2005-29
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Oct 2005
Refet S. Gürkaynak
Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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Measuring monetary policy surprises, timing slope and level surprises, asset prices

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The TIPS Yield Curve and Inflation Compensation

FEDS Working Paper No. 2008-05
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Jan 2009
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Brian P. Sack and Jonathan H. Wright
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Monetary and Financial Market Analysis Section and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Yield curve, treasury market, inflation compensation, risk premia

Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1899, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2005-26
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jan 2006
Refet S. Gürkaynak and Justin Wolfers
Bilkent University - Department of Economics and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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economic derivatives, macroeconomic forecasting, uncertainty, disagreement, prediction markets, density forecasting

Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty, and Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w11929
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Refet S. Gürkaynak and Justin Wolfers
Bilkent University - Department of Economics and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5466
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 May 2006
Justin Wolfers and Refet S. Gürkaynak
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics and Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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Density forecasts, disagreement, economic derivatives, expectations, forecasting, macroeconomic surveys, prediction markets, surveys, uncertainty

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Market-Based Measures of Monetary Policy Expectations

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2006-04, FEDS Working paper 2002-40
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Nov 2002
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Brian P. Sack and Eric T. Swanson
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Monetary and Financial Market Analysis Section and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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monetary policy, federal funds rate, financial markets

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The Excess Sensitivity of Long-Term Interest Rates: Evidence and Implications for Macroeconomic Models

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Mar 2004
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Brian P. Sack and Eric T. Swanson
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve - Monetary and Financial Market Analysis Section and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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Long-term interest rates, excess volatility, inflation expectations

Stock Market's Assessment of Monetary Policy Transmission: The Cash Flow Effect

CFS Working Paper, No. 628, 2019
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 06 Nov 2019
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Hatice Gökce Karasoy-Can and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Central Bank of Turkey and Bilkent University
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Cash flow effect of monetary policy, investor sophistication, financial frictions, stock pricing

Stock Market's Assessment of Monetary Policy Transmission: The Cash Flow Effect

CESifo Working Paper No. 7898
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Oct 2019
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Hatice Gökce Karasoy-Can and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Central Bank of Turkey and Bilkent University
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cash flow effect of monetary policy, investor sophistication, financial frictions, stock pricing

Stock Market's Assessment of Monetary Policy Transmission: The Cash Flow Effect

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14017
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Oct 2019
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Sang Seok Lee and Gokce Karasoy Can
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University and Central Bank of Turkey
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Cash flow effect of monetary policy, Financial Frictions, Investor sophistication, stock pricing

Exchange Rate and Inflation under Weak Monetary Policy: Turkey Verifies Theory

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 679, 2022
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 May 2022
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Bilkent University
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Exchange Rate and Inflation Under Weak Monetary Policy: Turkey Verifies Theory

CESifo Working Paper No. 9748
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 May 2022
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Bilkent University
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Exchange Rate and Inflation Under Weak Monetary Policy: Turkey Verifies Theory

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP17248
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 May 2022
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Bilkent University
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central bank independence, Currency Crisis, effective upper bound, emerging markets, inflation spirals, Taylor principle, Turkey, weak monetary policy

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Measuring Euro Area Monetary Policy

CFS Working Paper, No. 624, 2019
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Jun 2019
European Central Bank (ECB), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bilkent University - Department of Economics, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Pisa - Department of Economics and Management
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ECB policy surprise, event-study, intraday, persistence, asymmetry

Measuring Euro Area Monetary Policy

CESifo Working Paper No. 7699
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
European Central Bank (ECB), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bilkent University - Department of Economics, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Pisa - Department of Economics and Management
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ECB policy surprise, event-study, intraday, persistence, asymmetry

Measuring Euro Area Monetary Policy

ECB Working Paper No. 2281 (2019); ISBN 978-92-899-3543-2
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 May 2019
European Central Bank (ECB), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bilkent University - Department of Economics, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Pisa - Department of Economics and Management
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ECB policy surprise, event-study, intraday, persistence, asymmetry

Measuring Euro Area Monetary Policy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13759
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2019
European Central Bank (ECB), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bilkent University - Department of Economics, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of Pisa - Department of Economics and Management
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Asymmetry, ECB policy surprise, Event-Study, intraday, Persistence

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Is Optimal Monetary Policy Always Optimal?

CFS Working Paper No. 510
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Aug 2015
Troy Davig and Refet S. Gürkaynak
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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Central Banking, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Optimal Policy, Optimal Policy Mix

Is Optimal Monetary Policy Always Optimal?

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Working Paper No. 15-05
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Aug 2015
Troy Davig and Refet S. Gürkaynak
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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Is Optimal Monetary Policy Always Optimal?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10767
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Aug 2015
Troy Davig and Refet S. Gürkaynak
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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central banking, fiscal policy, monetary policy, optimal policy, optimal policy mix

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How Useful are Estimated DSGE Model Forecasts?

FEDS Working Paper No. 2011-11
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Apr 2011
Rochelle M. Edge and Refet S. Gürkaynak
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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DSGE Model Forecast, Forecast Comparison, Great Moderation

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Is Growth Exogenous? Taking Mankiw, Romer and Weil Seriously

NBER Working Paper No. w8365
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Jul 2001 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2022
Ben S. Bernanke and Refet S. Gürkaynak
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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Convergence and Anchoring of Yield Curves in the Euro Area

ECB Working Paper No. 817
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Oct 2007
European Central Bank (ECB), DIW Berlin, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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bond markets, euro area, EMU, convergence, anchoring, credibility, monetary policy

Convergence and Anchoring of Yield Curves in the Euro Area

FRB of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2007-24
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Nov 2007
European Central Bank (ECB), DIW Berlin, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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bond markets, euro area, EMU; convergence, anchoring, credibility

Convergence and Anchoring of Yield Curves in the Euro Area

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6456
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 May 2008
European Central Bank (ECB), DIW Berlin, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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anchoring, bond markets, convergence, credibility, EMU, euro area, monetary policy

Missing Events in Event Studies: Identifying the Effects of Partially-Measured News Surprises

CESifo Working Paper No. 7229
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 31 Oct 2018
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Jonathan H. Wright
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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event study, bondmarkets, high-frequency data, identification

Missing Events in Event Studies: Identifying the Effects of Partially-Measured News Surprises

NBER Working Paper No. w25016
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Jonathan H. Wright
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Missing Events in Event Studies: Identifying the Effects of Partially-Measured News Surprises

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13153
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2019
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Jonathan H. Wright
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Bond Markets, event study, high-frequency data, identification

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Monetary Policy Surprises and Exchange Rate Behavior

CFS Working Paper, No. 642, 2020
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Nov 2020
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Hakan Kara, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Central Bank of Turkey, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Bilkent University
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Exchange rate response to monetary policy, central bank information effect, open economy macro-finance modeling

Monetary Policy Surprises and Exchange Rate Behavior

CESifo Working Paper No. 8557
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Sep 2020
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Bilkent University
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exchange rate response to monetary policy, central bank information effect, open economy macro-finance modeling

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Macroeconomics and the Term Structure

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8018
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Nov 2010
Refet S. Gürkaynak and Jonathan H. Wright
Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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affine models, expectations hypothesis, financial crisis, inflation, interest rates, segmented markets, Term structure

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Monetary Policy Surprises and Exchange Rate Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w27819
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2023
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Hakan Kara, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Central Bank of Turkey, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Bilkent University
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Monetary Policy Surprises and Exchange Rate Behavior

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15289
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Sep 2020
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Hakan Kara, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Sang Seok Lee
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Central Bank of Turkey, Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Bilkent University
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central bank information effect, Exchange rate response to monetary policy, open economy macro-finance modeling

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How Useful are Estimated DSGE Model Forecasts for Central Bankers?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8158
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 27 Dec 2010
Rochelle M. Edge and Refet S. Gürkaynak
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Bilkent University - Department of Economics
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DSGE model forecast, forecast comparison, Great Moderation

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Identification and Inference Using Event Studies

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9388
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Mar 2013
Refet S. Gürkaynak and Jonathan H. Wright
Bilkent University - Department of Economics and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Bond Markets, Event Study, High-Frequency Data, Identification, TAF

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Do DSGE Models Forecast More Accurately Out-of-Sample than VAR Models?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9576
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kisacikoglu and Barbara Rossi
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University and Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
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Bayesian VAR, DSGE, forecast comparison, forecast optimality, Forecasting, real-time data

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Output Concerns and Precautionary Savings in Emerging Markets' Debt and Reserve Accumulation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16969
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Feb 2022
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Sang Seok Lee, Paul Luk and Ju Hyun Pyun
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research and Korea University Business School (KUBS)
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emerging markets, External Debt, International Reserves, Mercantilism, Output Externalities, precautionary savings, Real interest rate, Regime-Switching Small Open Economy Model, Sudden stops

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Monetary Policy in Turkey after Central Bank Independence

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10904
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Oct 2015
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Zeynep Kantur, M. Anıl Taş and Seçil Yıldırım
Bilkent University - Department of Economics, Bilkent University, Bilkent University and Bilkent University
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CBRT, fiscal policy, monetary policy, Turkey