by Alberto Cavallo and Tannya Cai - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

HBS COVID-19 Global Policy Tracker

Keywords: by Alberto Cavallo and Tannya Cai; Health

02 Jul 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Inflation with COVID Consumption Baskets

Keywords: by Alberto Cavallo

15 Mar 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products

Keywords: by Alberto Cavallo and Diego Aparicio; Food & Beverage

17 May 2021
News

Key Inflation Gauge Overstating Prices, Harvard’s Cavallo Says

12 Jul 2021
News

Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce

10 Feb 2022
News

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

23 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

Kazakhstan at 3.62 percent. Beyond monetary or fiscal policy changes themselves, students were struck by where the actual dollars were spent and how that differed from nation to nation, says View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

model, is a more responsive and adaptive framework than a “time-dependent” model, and can track changing prices better in times of crisis, says Harvard Business School Professor View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

26 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More

significantly cut their prices, while Chinese exporters have not reduced the prices of the goods they sell to US importers. "This nearly complete pass-through of tariffs to the total price paid by importers suggests the tariff... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail; Manufacturing; Steel

05 May 2020
News

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

27 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey

of the costliest, according to an analysis of microdata from large retailers by Harvard Business School Professor Alberto Cavallo. In a forthcoming article in the Journal of Monetary Economics, View Details

Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua

12 Aug 2019
News

Trump Still Doesn't Know Who Pays Tariffs

12 Oct 2018
News

The ‘Amazon Effect’ Can Drive Prices Up, Too

25 Aug 2018
News

Are Superstar Firms and Amazon Effects Reshaping the Economy?

18 Apr 2019
News

Mauricio Macri freezes prices

11 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Conference Proceedings More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

unusual to find stores from the same chain selling a product for different prices in different regions or online. Cavallo attributes this to the transparency afforded by the internet View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to investment performance is the most frequent motivation for use of ESG data... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2021
News

Is Inflation a Problem Now? Maybe, but More Likely Not

19 Jun 2020
News

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