The National Bank of Ukraine continues a series of open research seminars and encourages all interested stakeholders to participate in the next research seminar to be conducted on 11 April 2016 at 2:00 p.m.
Mr Oleksandr Talavera, a lecturer from the University of Sheffield (the UK) will present the results of his research on Price Setting in Online Markets: Basic Facts, International Comparisons, and Cross-border Integration.
Mr Talavera’s research studies conducted together with Mr. Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Professor at the University of California (Berkeley), is focused on e-commerce and online markets in the U.S. and Canada.
The research findings suggests prices in online markets exhibit stronger pass-through and faster convergence in response to movements of the nominal exchange rate, as compared to prices in regular stores.
At the same time, the researchers examined the extent to which factors such as the degree of competition, price flexibility, synchronization of price changes, and reputation of sellers impact the size of the exchange rate pass-through and the speed of price adjustment.
Please follow the link to view the research paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20406.pdf.
The working language of the seminar will be English.
In order to participate in a seminar, all interested stakeholders must submit an application that indicates the surname and first name of the applicant, place of employment, and contact information (telephone, e-mail) by 12.00 p.m. on 8 April 2016 via e-mail to [email protected].
Given the limited seats available, the NBU reserves the right to accept or reject applications.
The NBU will inform each applicant as to acceptance or rejection of an application by the end of the day on 8 April 2016.
Seminar venue: room 206, 9, Instytutska St., Kyiv. The venue can be accessed via the central entrance. All participants are required to have a passport or other photo ID document. Registration of participants will be take place from 1:45 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
The National Bank of Ukraine launched a series of research seminars in July 2015.
During these seminars, representatives from the academic and expert community, international financial institutions, other central banks, and the NBU offer the opportunity to share their research findings and discuss them within a narrow circle of experts.
With the aim of arranging further research seminars, we encourage potential contributors to collaborate with us and present the findings of their research studies on issues related to the activities of the NBU and financial system operations.
Please send proposals (with an indication of a suitable date for the seminar, and attached presentation materials, an executive summary and/or draft contributions) to the NBU Research Division of the Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department for consideration via e-mail at the following addresses [email protected] або [email protected].