Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics Conference 2020
The Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics 2020 conference, co-sponsored by the Center for Inflation Research and the European Central Bank, took place on May 21–22, 2020. The conference was held virtually.
Scientific Committee
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Opening Remarks | video
Loretta J. Mester, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Empirical Phillips Curves | video
Moderator: Chiara Osbat, European Central Bank
What’s Up With the Phillips Curve?
Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | paper | presentation
Michele Lenza, European Central Bank
Giorgio E. Primiceri, Northwestern University
Andrea Tambalotti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
A Model of the Fed’s View on Inflation
Giovanni Ricco, University of Warwick | paper | presentation
Thomas Hasenzagl, University of Minnesota
Filippo Pellegrino, London School of Economics, and Now-Casting Economics
Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School, Now-Casting Economics, and CEPR
Networks and Phillips Curves | video
Moderator: Raphael Schoenle, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Networks, Phillips Curves and Monetary Policy
Elisa Rubbo, Harvard University | paper | presentation
Production Networks and the Flattening of the Phillips Curve
Christian Höynck, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | paper | presentation
Plenary | video
Moderator: Edward S. Knotek II, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Quantum Prices
Roberto Rigobon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology paper | presentation
Diego Aparicio, IESE Business School-University of Navarra
Friday, May 22, 2020
Expectations | video
Moderator: Robert Rich, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
What Matters in Households’ Inflations Expectations?
Philippe Andrade, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | paper | presentation
Erwan Gautier, Banque de France
Eric Mengus, HEC Paris, and CEPR
Forward Guidance and Household Expectations
Olivier Coibion, University of Texas-Austin, and NBER | paper | presentation
Dimitris Georgarakos, European Central Bank
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California-Berkley, and NBER
Michael Weber, University of Chicago, and NBER
Managing Households’ Expectations with Unexpected Policies
Michael Weber, University of Chicago | paper | presentation
Francesco D’Acunto, Boston College
Daniel Hoang, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Remarks | video
Moderator: Christiane Nickel, European Central Bank
Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank | presentation
Micro Prices | video
Moderator: Peter Karadi, European Central Bank
Variety Growth and Measurement Biases in Inflation, Output, and Productivity
Colin Hottman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors | presentation
Etienne Gagnon, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Joseph W. Gruber, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Timothy Park, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Robert J. Vigfusson, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Monetary Policy, Markup Dispersion, and Aggregate TFP
Matthias Meier, Universität Mannheim | paper | presentation
Timo Reinelt, Universität Mannheim
The Price Adjustment Hazard Function: Evidence from High Inflation Periods
Daniel Villar, Federal Reserve Board of Governors | paper | presentation
Shaowen Luo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
When and where
May 21-22, 2020
Online conference