Fisherian
Fisherian adjective: of or relating to Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist.
Adjective
Fisherian (comparative more Fisherian, superlative most Fisherian)
- Of or relating to Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist.
- 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
- 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 of Fisherian
| comparative | more Fisherian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Fisherian |
Origin of Fisherian
From Fisher + -ian.
Words formed from Fisherian
- Fisherian effect
- Fisherian equation
- Fisherian relation
- Fisherian runaway
Questions about Fisherian
- What does Fisherian mean?
- Fisherian means of or relating to Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist.
- What part of speech is Fisherian?
- Fisherian is an adjective.
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