Healthy Dietary Choices in Distorted Food Environments

    Roberto Pancrazi. (University of Warwick). Healthy Dietary Choices in Distorted Food Environments.   We analyze how distortions in the food market limit the achievement of a healthy diet. Using Nielsen data we document a novel pattern on the relationship between healthy diet and income. We then build and estimate a tractable general equilibrium model in […]

Crowdfunding

    Aniko Oery. (Yale School of Management).  Crowdfunding. Attendance confirmation.

  Mateusz Mysliwski. (NHH). Implications of Consumer Loyalty for Price Dynamics when Price Adjustment is Costly. Abstract: We study the implications of consumer switching costs on prices when price adjustments are costly. Existing theoretical and empirical works on consumer switching costs assume firms can change prices freely without any supply side frictions. We develop a […]

    Eduardo Morales. (Princeton University). A Revealed-Preference Approach to Measuring Information Frictions in Migration Decisions. Abstract "Labor demand shocks differ widely across regions within countries. Yet, migration patterns often do not respond to these regional shocks. Are workers’ limited migration responses due to lack of information about the potential net gains from regional migration? […]

Bad jobs and low inflation

    Leonardo Melosi. (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago).   Bad jobs and low inflation.   Attendance confirmation.