Searching for Irving Fisher
By: Kris James Mitchener, Marc D. Weidenmier.
Contributors: Weidenmier, Marc D.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15670; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15670.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "There is a long-standing debate as to whether the Fisher effect operated during the classical gold standard period.  We break new ground on this question by developing a market-based measure of general inflation expectations during the gold standard.  Since the gold-silver price ratio was widely used to track inflation during the gold standard period, we are able to derive a measure of inflation expectations using the interest-rate differential between Austrian silver and gold perpetuity bonds with identical terms.  Our empirical evidence suggests that inflation expectations exhibited significant persistence at the weekly, monthly, and annual frequencies.  We also find that market participants updated long-run inflation expectations following short-run changes in the forward silver price of gold.  The evidence suggests the operation of a long-run Fisher effect during the classical gold standard period"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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