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Is the Fisher effect non-linear? some evidence for Spain, 1963–2002

Vicente EsteveCarmen Díaz-roldánOscar Bajo-rubio

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Nominal interest rateInflationEconomics and EconometricsNonlinear systemCointegrationOrder (exchange)media_common.quotation_subjectEconometricsEconomicsFisher hypothesisInternational Fisher effectFinancemedia_common

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In this paper the role of non-linearities in the relationship between nominal interest rates and inflation is examined, in order to shed some additional light on the mostly unfavourable evidence on the presence of a full Fisher effect. The analysis is applied to the case of Spain for the period 1963–2002, which allows previous results on the subject to be re-examined and extended. The empirical methodology makes use of recent developments on threshold cointegration, so that cointegration between a pair of variables should be expected only once a certain threshold was reached.

https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100500123187