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- November 2024
- Article
Price Discounts and Cheapflation During the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge
By: Alberto Cavallo and Oleksiy Kryvtsov
We study how within-store price variation changes with inflation, and whether households exploit it to attenuate the inflation burden. We use micro price data for food products sold by 91 large multi-channel retailers in ten countries between 2018 and 2024. Measuring... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; Price; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Product Positioning
Cavallo, Alberto, and Oleksiy Kryvtsov. "Price Discounts and Cheapflation During the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge." Journal of Monetary Economics 148 (November 2024).
- Other Unpublished Work
Inflation Uncertainty and the Wage Bargain
By: Lucy White and Hans-Joachim Voth
- January 1982
- Background Note
Note on Inflation Accounting, Part I
Dearden, John. "Note on Inflation Accounting, Part I." Harvard Business School Background Note 182-273, January 1982.
- 2023
- Working Paper
Detecting Structural Breaks in Inflation Trends: A High-Frequency Approach
By: Alberto Cavallo and Gaston Garcia Zavaleta
We combine standard structural-break methods with high-frequency data to identify shifts in inflation trends. We use this approach to study the inflation dynamics of 25 countries from January 2022 to April 2023 and find evidence of a broad-based slowdown in about half... View Details
Cavallo, Alberto, and Gaston Garcia Zavaleta. "Detecting Structural Breaks in Inflation Trends: A High-Frequency Approach." Working Paper, May 2023. (Preliminary draft.)
- February 1990
- Article
Inflation and Taxation with Optimizing Governments
By: J. J. Rotemberg and James Poterba
Rotemberg, J. J., and James Poterba. "Inflation and Taxation with Optimizing Governments." Journal of Money, Credit & Banking 22 (February 1990): 1–19.
- March 1983 (Revised March 1988)
- Case
American Standard, Inc.: The Inflation Accounting System
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "American Standard, Inc.: The Inflation Accounting System." Harvard Business School Case 183-169, March 1983. (Revised March 1988.)
- 1979
- Chapter
Inflation and Corporate Planning: Analysis and Simulation
By: Marc L Bertoneche, Y. Estrade and A. Theoret
- November 1982
- Supplement
Panel Discussion on Inflation Accounting, Video
Vancil, Richard F. "Panel Discussion on Inflation Accounting, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-514, November 1982.
- January 1982
- Background Note
Note on Inflation Accounting, Part II
Dearden, John. "Note on Inflation Accounting, Part II." Harvard Business School Background Note 182-274, January 1982.
- February 1981 (Revised January 1984)
- Case
International Harvester: Purchasing Inflation Offset System
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Kenneth A. Merchant
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Kenneth A. Merchant. "International Harvester: Purchasing Inflation Offset System." Harvard Business School Case 181-090, February 1981. (Revised January 1984.)
- May 2004 (Revised July 2008)
- Teaching Note
Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics (TN)
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note to (9-704-028). View Details
- February 2007
- Article
The Persistence of Inflation Versus that of Real Marginal Cost in the New Keynesian Model
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This note provides an example where the New Keynesian Phillips Curve leads inflation to be substantially more persistent than the output gap. View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "The Persistence of Inflation Versus that of Real Marginal Cost in the New Keynesian Model." Journal of Money, Credit & Banking 39, no. 1 (February 2007): 237–239.
- Spring 2016
- Article
The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Inflation Measurement and Research
By: Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon
New data-gathering techniques, often referred to as “Big Data” have the potential to improve statistics and empirical research in economics. In this paper we describe our work with online data at the Billion Prices Project at MIT and discuss key lessons for both... View Details
Keywords: Billion Prices Project; Online Scraped Data; Online Price Index; Economics; Research; Price; Analytics and Data Science
Cavallo, Alberto, and Roberto Rigobon. "The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Inflation Measurement and Research." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30, no. 2 (Spring 2016): 151–178.
- Article
A Global Perspective on Inflation and Propagation Channels
By: Luca Gattini, Huw Pill and Ludger Schuknecht
Gattini, Luca, Huw Pill, and Ludger Schuknecht. "A Global Perspective on Inflation and Propagation Channels." Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, no. 1 (2015): 50–76.
- Article
Inflation and Taxes in a Growing Economy with Debt and Equity
By: M. Feldstein, Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
Our tax system was designed for an economy with little or no inflation. The current paper shows that inflation causes capricious changes in the effective rate of tax on capital income and therefore in the real net rate of return that savers receive. This is not only a... View Details
Feldstein, M., Jerry R. Green, and Eytan Sheshinski. "Inflation and Taxes in a Growing Economy with Debt and Equity." Special Issue on Research in Taxation. Journal of Political Economy 86, no. 2 pt. 2 (April 1978): S53–S70.
- 2013
- Article
Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals
By: S. A. Swift, D. Moore, Z. Sharek and F. Gino
When explaining others' behaviors, achievements, and failures, it is common for people to attribute too much influence to disposition and too little influence to structural and situational factors. We examine whether this tendency leads even experienced professionals... View Details
Keywords: Evaluations; Correspondence Bias; Selection Decisions; Attribution; Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Decision Choices and Conditions; Performance Evaluation; Cognition and Thinking
Swift, S. A., D. Moore, Z. Sharek, and F. Gino. "Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals." e69258. PLoS ONE 8, no. 7 (July 2013).
- March 1983 (Revised June 1988)
- Teaching Note
American Standard, Inc.: The Inflation Accounting System, TN
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
the study estimates. Cohen’s study emerges as record inflation and chronic staffing shortages collide making compensation a top challenge in human resources. While the trend is most heavily concentrated in lower-paying sectors like... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis