“…Empirical evidence addresses different issues about asymmetric behaviour of monetary policy. A number of studies reveal that monetary policy has asymmetric effects on output and contractionary policy is seen to be inherently more effective than expansionary policy (Barnichon & Matthes, 2016; Cover, 1992; Garcia & Schaller, 2002; Kakes, 1998; Karras, 1996; Kilinc & Tunc, 2019; Peersman & Smets, 2001, 2002; Santoro et al, 2014; Tan & Habibullah, 2007). But other studies report that the direction of the monetary change is not an important issue whereas its size is a central issue (e.g., Ravn & Sola, 1996).…”