Inflation uncertainty and interest rates: Is the Fisher relation universal?

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-68

  Berument, Hakan ^a   Ceylan, Nildag Basak ^b   Olgun, Hasan ^c  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; G-7 COUNTRY; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845518665     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427908     Document Type: Article

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