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Inflation-Indexed Bonds and the Expectations Hypothesis
By: Carolin E. Pflueger and Luis M. Viceira
This paper empirically analyzes the Expectations Hypothesis (EH) in inflation-indexed (or real) bonds and in nominal bonds in the U.S. and in the U.K. We strongly reject the EH in inflation-indexed bonds and also confirm and update the existing evidence rejecting the...
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Keywords:
TIPS;
Breakeven Inflation;
Return Predictability;
Bond Risk Premia;
Risk Management;
Bonds;
Financial Liquidity;
Inflation and Deflation;
United Kingdom;
United States
Pflueger, Carolin E., and Luis M. Viceira. "Inflation-Indexed Bonds and the Expectations Hypothesis." Annual Review of Financial Economics 3 (2011): 139–158.
- 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.)
- 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.)
- April 1977
- Article
Purchasing Power Gains on Debt: The Effect of Expected and Unexpected Inflation
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Purchasing Power Gains on Debt: The Effect of Expected and Unexpected Inflation." Accounting Review 52 (April 1977): 369–378.
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Britain’s inflation data needs to be dragged out of the stone age
- 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...
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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).
- 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.
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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.
- 2019
- Article
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...
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Keywords:
Amazon;
Online Prices;
Inflation;
Uniform Pricing;
Price Stickiness;
Monetary Economics;
Economics;
Macroeconomics;
Inflation and Deflation;
System Shocks;
United States
Cavallo, Alberto. "More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors." Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Conference Proceedings (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) (2019).
- 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...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- 13 Aug 2020
- News
Inflation Is Actually a Lot Higher Than You Think
- 01 Dec 2021
- News
The Debate Over Whether Omicron Will Make Inflation Worse
- 25 Aug 2018
- News
'Amazon effect' could have impact on inflation dynamics: paper
- 15 May 2021
- News
Is Inflation a Problem Now? Maybe, but More Likely Not
- 2023
- Working Paper
Who Invests in Crypto? Wealth, Financial Constraints, and Risk Attitudes
By: Darren Aiello, Scott R. Baker, Tetyana Balyuk, Marco Di Maggio, Mark J. Johnson and Jason Kotter
We provide a first look into the drivers of household cryptocurrency investing. Analyzing
consumer transaction data for millions of U.S. households, we find that, except for high income
early adopters, cryptocurrency investors resemble the general population. These...
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Keywords:
Consumer Finance;
Cryptocurrency;
Fintech;
Inflation;
Portfolio Choice;
Stimulus;
Consumer Behavior;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Investment
Aiello, Darren, Scott R. Baker, Tetyana Balyuk, Marco Di Maggio, Mark J. Johnson, and Jason Kotter. "Who Invests in Crypto? Wealth, Financial Constraints, and Risk Attitudes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-073, May 2023. (Revised November 2023. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 31856, November 2023)
- 31 Oct 2017
- News
New Report On The Harmful Effects Of Degree Inflation
- 2017
- Report
Dismissed by Degrees: How Degree Inflation Is Undermining U.S. Competitiveness and Hurting America's Middle Class
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Manjari Raman
Fuller, Joseph B., and Manjari Raman. "Dismissed by Degrees: How Degree Inflation Is Undermining U.S. Competitiveness and Hurting America's Middle Class." Report, October 2017. (Published by Accenture, Grads of Life, Harvard Business School.)