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Fisherian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Fisher + -ian.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist.
2. Of or relating to Irving Fisher (1867–1947), American economist and statistician.
   • Throughout is made use of the Fisherian equation i#95;t#61;E#95;t#92;#123;#92;pi#95;#123;t#43;1#125;#92;#125;#43;r#95;t which implies that the nominal rate adjusts one-for-one with expected inflation, given a real interest rate that is determined exclusively by real factors[.] 2015, Jordi Galí, Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle, 2nd edition, Princeton University Press, page 24:
   • Fisher […] first theorised that dramatic declines in inflation may lead to insolvency as a result of higher real values of debt. Originally applied to the Great Depression, a version of this so-called Fisherian effect has also been used to explain the Global Financial Crisis, debt conditions, and its subsequent impact on economic activities such as investments[.] 2025, Ugo Albertazzi, James ’t Hooft, Lucas ter Steege, “The causal effect of inflation on financial stability, evidence from history”, in ECB Working Paper Series, number 3108, page 9:
   • Uribe (2018) examines the strength of Fisherian effects in both empirical and optimizing models. 2021, Kevin J. Lansing, “Endogenous forecast switching near the zero lower bound”, in Journal of Monetary Economics, 117 (2021) 153--169, p. 157:

Forms

Deriveds

Fisherian runaway · Fisherian relation · Fisherian effect · Fisherian equation

Relateds

Fischerian

Translations (1)

pt fisheriano (of or relating to Ronald Fisher)