SI 2016 EFG Price Dynamics

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

July 18-19, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 18
9:00 am
Duncan Simester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Do Volume Discounts Contribute to Cyclicality in Prices?
10:00 am
MelWin Khaw, Microsoft
Luminita Stevens, University of Maryland
Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER

Discreteness and Delay in Adjustment to a Changing Environment: Experimental Evidence
11:15 am
Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics

The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations
Tuesday, July 19
9:00 am
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Leslie Shen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Scarred Consumption
10:00 am
Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Patrick K. Sun, Federal Communications Commission
Daniel Villar, Federal Reserve Board

The Elusive Costs of Inflation: Price Dispersion during the U.S. Great Inflation
11:15 am
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University and NBER
Lorenz Kueng, University of Lugano

Margins to Adjustment to Price and Sales Tax Changes: New Evidence from Retailer-Customer Linked Panel Data