THE VALIDITY OF FISHER HYPOTHESIS: EVIDENCE FROM SRI LANKA

Authors

  • T. Udayaseelan Postgraduate & Mid-career Development Unit, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • P. Jayasinghe Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to evaluate whether the Fisher Hypothesis holds in the context of Sri Lankan financial markets. Using the Rupee denominated three-month Treasury bill rates from 1978 to 2007 on annual basis, from 1983:1 to 2003:1 on quarterly basis and from 1982:1 to 2006:12 on monthly basis, this paper will employ the instrumental variables method for monthly and quarterly data and cointegration analysis for annual data to investigate the validity of the Fisher Hypothesis in Sri Lanka. Both rational expectations and adaptive expectations approaches are used to obtain a proxy for expected inflation. The study produces no empirical support for even a partial Fisher effect in Sri Lanka during the sample periods concerned under all three data frequencies.

 

Keywords: Fisher Hypothesis; Adaptive Expectations; Rational Expectations; Instrumental Variables; Cointegration

 

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Author Biographies

T. Udayaseelan, Postgraduate & Mid-career Development Unit, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Postgraduate & Mid-career Development Unit,
Faculty of Management & Finance, University of
Colombo, Sri Lanka

P. Jayasinghe, Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Department of Business Economics, Faculty of
Management & Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Colombo 03

Published

2012-12-19

Issue

Vol. 7 (2010): Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Business Management – 2010

Section

Articles