Call for Papers

Inflation Dynamics: Theory and Evidence

Organizers: Hassan Afrouzi, Corina Boar, Virgiliu Midrigan

The Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy is now soliciting papers for a conference on “Inflation Dynamics: Theory and Evidence."

This conference will be held at New York University on April 30-May 1, 2027. The papers and comments are slated for publication in early 2028 in the Journal of Monetary Economics.

This conference aims to put together a set of papers that analyze the dynamics of inflation from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. We are interested in papers that study the sources of the recent rise in inflation across the world, its incidence on workers, households, and firms, and the appropriate policy response.

We encourage submissions covering a wide range of related topics, as well as using various types of data (micro and macro) and methods (both empirical and theoretical).

These topics include, but are not limited to:

  • monetary and fiscal policy interactions

  • the formation and role of inflation expectations

  • from micro to macro: price-setting behavior and inflation

  • the impact of inflation on wages and the labor market

  • the role of global supply chains, geopolitical and other disruptions

  • trade policy and inflation

  • distributional effects of inflation

  • sectoral linkages and imbalances

The editors invite detailed abstracts of no more than two pages describing the proposed research paper. If a preliminary version of the paper is available, authors may include it with their abstract. Proposals should be submitted through this link no later than 11:59 PM EST on April 30, 2026. The attached pdf file should be named using the lead author’s surname.

The editors, in collaboration with the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Advisory Board, will make the final selection of papers to be included in the Conference. Authors will be notified by June 2026 if their proposal has been selected and are expected to have a completed draft by March 31, 2027. The papers should represent original research not published elsewhere. Since the papers are intended for publication, authors will not be able to publish or reprint the work elsewhere without the permission of the editors and publisher. Please note that the editors will contact authors only if their paper is accepted