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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