TY - BOOK AU - Cumby,Robert E. AU - Obstfeld,Maurice ED - National Bureau of Economic Research. TI - Exchange-Rate Expectations and Nominal Interest Differentials: A Test ofthe Fisher Hypothesis T2 - NBER working paper series PY - 1980/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - National Bureau of Economic Research N1 - August 1980; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers N2 - This note tests the hypothesis that nominal interest differentials between similar assets denominated in different currencies can be explained entirely by the expected change in the exchange rate over the holding period. This proposition, often called the "Fisher open" hypothesis or the hypothesis of perfect asset substitutability, has been a major component of recent theories of exchange-rate determination, and has important implications for monetary policy UR - https://www.nber.org/papers/w0537 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w0537 ER -