Gold as an Inflation Hedge: Long term and short term evidence with allowances for structural breaks

This paper investigates if investment in gold really is an effective hedge against inflation in the US for the long run as well as the short run. It studies the annual price of gold over the entire period since it has been freely floated i.e. from 1971 to 2012 along with the annual CPI figures for t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roddha, Angad C
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26726/