February 17–18, 2011
Organizers
- J.P. Dubé, University of Chicago
- Emi Nakamura, Columbia University
- Jón Steinsson, Columbia University
This conference brought together researchers from the fields of macroeconomics, industrial organization, and marketing to discuss both theory and measurement of price dynamics and related topics.
Program
“Pain at the Pump: The Effect of Gasoline Prices on New and Used Automobile Markets”
- Florian Zettelmeyer, University of California at Berkeley
- Discussant: John Asker, New York University
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“The Rate of Pass Through Following Different Exchange Rate Shocks”
- Raphael Auer, Swiss National Bank, and Raphael Schoenle, Brandeis University
- Discussant: Anthony Landry, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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“Best Prices”
- Judy Chevalier, Yale School of Management, and Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago
- Discussant: Ariel Burstein, UCLA
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“Contract Pricing in Consumer Credit Markets”
- Liran Einav, Stanford University
- Discussant: Amir Sufi, University of Chicago
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“From Hyperinflation to Stable Prices: Argentina’s Evidence on Menu Cost Models”
- Fernando Alvarez, University of Chicago
- Brent Neiman, University of Chicago
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“Menu Costs and Price Rigidities: Micro Evidence”
- Eric Anderson, Northwestern University, and Duncan Simester, MIT
- Discussant: Jeff Campbell, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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“Prices Are Sticky After All”
- Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University
- Discussant: Eric Anderson, Northwestern University
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“Exporters and Exchange Rates”
- Doireann Fitzgerald, Stanford University
- Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago
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