Initiatives and Related Projects
Some practical applications of our research
Inflacion Verdadera Argentina
A daily inflation index for Argentina. Published from 2007 to 2018 as an alternative to the official CPI which was manipulated by the government during the period 2007-2016. This is how we first started using online prices to measure inflation.
Inflacion Verdadera Venezuela
Our latest project using mobile phones and crowd-sourcing to measure Venezuela’s inflation rate
Online-Offline Comparisons
An attempt to validate online data and better understand how offline pricing behaviors are being affected by the web and mobile browsing/price‐checking technologies.
PriceStats Daily Inflation and PPP Statistics
PriceStats is the company that collects the online prices used by the BPP. It currently publishes daily inflation and PPP indices in over 20 countries. Click here for a historical comparison of the US Online Index and the CPI.
Help us Measure Inflation in Venezuela
We need help collecting and validating prices in Venezuela. Whether you are local or not, you can help.
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About US
What we do
The Billion Prices Project is an academic initiative that uses prices collected from hundreds of online retailers around the world on a daily basis to conduct research in macro and international economics. It was founded in 2008 by Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon. This page shows our most recent research and links to related projects.
Daily Prices
15.000.000
Retailers
More than 1000
Countries with Data
60
Dates
From 2008 on
Our Team
Current team members
![Alberto Cavallo](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514161536im_/http://thebillionpricesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Foto-1-300x300.jpg)
Alberto Cavallo
![Roberto Rigobon](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514161536im_/http://thebillionpricesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Foto2-1-300x300.jpg)
Roberto Rigobon
![Maria Fazzolari](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514161536im_/http://thebillionpricesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Foto-malu-300x300.jpg)
Maria Fazzolari
![Carolina Pizarro](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514161536im_/http://www.thebillionpricesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/carolina_pizarro-150x150.jpg)
Carolina Pizarro
![Anne Laski](http://web.archive.org./web/20190514161536im_/http://www.thebillionpricesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IBS-2-258x300.jpg)