by Alberto Cavallo - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2018
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Scraped Data and Sticky Prices

I use daily prices collected from online retailers in five countries to study the impact of measurement bias on three common price stickiness statistics. Relative to previous results, I find that online prices have longer durations, with fewer price changes close to... View Details

Keywords: Online Data; Scraped Data; Sticky Prices; Scanner Data; Consumer Price Index; Price; Data and Data Sets

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Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers

By: Alberto Cavallo

Online prices are increasingly used for measurement and research applications, yet little is known about their relation to prices in physical stores, where most retail transactions occur. I conduct the first large-scale comparison of prices simultaneously collected... View Details

Keywords: Online Prices; Offline Prices; Multi-channel Retailers; Price; Internet and the Web; Measurement and Metrics; Retail Industry

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06 Apr 2025
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Conservative Think Tank Reveals the Massive ‘Error’ in Trump’s Tariff Formula

15 Oct 2024
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Why Has Your Big Mac Become So Much More Expensive?

08 May 2024
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How Do People’s Experiences of Inflation Differ?

25 Feb 2024
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New Insights on Inflation from a Billion Prices

11 Oct 2022
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The Major Factors Driving up the Cost of Food

16 Oct 2019
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Trump’s China Deal Leaves the Global Economy as Uncertain as Ever

30 Aug 2018
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Central bankers grapple with the changing nature of competition

2024
Working Paper

Product Liability Litigation and Innovation: Evidence from Medical Devices

By: Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo

We examine the relationship between product liability litigation and innovation by systematically combining data on product liability lawsuits with data on new product introductions in a panel dataset of leading medical device firms. We first document a decline in... View Details

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Safety; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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27 Aug 2013
First Look

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Behavior & Organization What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews By: Dobrescu, Loretti I., Michael Luca, and Alberto Motta Abstract—This paper investigates the determinants of expert reviews in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2008 (Revised February 2011)
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Club Atlético Boca Juniors

By: Anita Elberse, Alberto Ballve and Gustavo Herrero

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is the most popular soccer club in Argentina and one of the most decorated clubs in the world. Throughout its storied history, the club has recruited and developed dozens of star players. In his eleven years at Boca Juniors, president... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Sports; Sports Industry; Argentina

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November 2018
Technical Note

Exchange Rates and the Trilemma

By: Alberto Cavallo

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November 2018
Technical Note

Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

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2019
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More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors

By: Alberto Cavallo

I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing technologies, and the transparency of the web, can change the pricing behavior of large retailers in the U.S. and affect aggregate inflation dynamics. In particular, I show that in the past... View Details