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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2016 EFG Price Dynamics

Robert Hall, Nir Jaimovich, Aviv Nevo, and Duncan Simester, Organizers

July 18-19, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel
University BC
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

Monday, July 18

8:15 am

Coffee and Pastries

8:45 am

Duncan Simester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Do Volume Discounts Contribute to Cyclicality in Prices?

Discussant:  Jeffrey R. Campbell, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

9:45 am

Break

10:00 am

MelWin Khaw, Columbia University
Luminita Stevens, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER
Discreteness and Delay in Adjustment to a Changing Environment: Experimental Evidence

Discussant:  Cosmin L. Ilut, Duke University and NBER

11:00 am

Break

11:15 am

Xavier Jaravel, Harvard University
The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations

Discussant: 
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

12:15 pm

Lunch and Adjourn

Tuesday, July 19

8:15 am

Coffee and Pastries

8:45 am

Ulrike Malmendier, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Leslie Shen, University of California at Berkeley
Scarred Consumption

Discussant:  Joseph S. Vavra, University of Chicago and NBER

9:45 am

Break

10:00 am

Emi Nakamura, Columbia University and NBER
Jón Steinsson, Columbia University and NBER
Patrick Sun, Federal Communications Commission
Daniel Villar, Columbia University
The Elusive Costs of Inflation: Price Dispersion during the U.S. Great Inflation

Discussant:  Pablo Andres Neumeyer, UTDT

11:00 am

Break

11:15 am

Scott Baker, Northwestern University
Lorenz Kueng, Northwestern University and NBER
Margins to Adjustment to Price and Sales Tax Changes: New Evidence from Retailer-Customer Linked Panel Data

Discussant:  Jonathan Parker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

12:15 pm

Lunch and Adjourn