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Unreal Estimates of the Real Rate of Interest

Year: 1981

Type: article

Abstract: In the nearly five decades since the publication of Irving Fisher’s The Theory of Interest, economists have engaged in numerous attempts to measure the ex-ante real rate of interest. The effort devoted to obtaining these estimates reflects the fact that the ex-ante real interest rate conveys information about some fundamental economic relationships.

DOI: 10.20955/r.63.18-26.xje

Authors: W. W. Brown, G.J. Santoni

Institutions: California State University, Northridge, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Subfield: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W57857003

FWCI: 8.153

Cites: 3

Cited by: 17

Related to: 10