Price indexed contracts: Characteristics and history

The aim of this paper is to review some historical facts and properties of price indexed contracts. Price indexation has a long history. The economist Fisher states that price indexed loans are an intersting and competetively priced option. Some characteristics of price indexed contracts are reporte...

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Veröffentlicht in:Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 2011-10, Vol.7 (2), p.253
1. Verfasser: Tómasson, Helgi
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Sprache:ice
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this paper is to review some historical facts and properties of price indexed contracts. Price indexation has a long history. The economist Fisher states that price indexed loans are an intersting and competetively priced option. Some characteristics of price indexed contracts are reported. A brief comparison of the return of price indexed Icelandic government bonds and Canadian price indexed government bonds is shown.
ISSN:1670-6803
1670-679X
DOI:10.13177/irpa.a.2011.7.2.2