NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

National Security Working Group Meeting

Martin Feldstein, Organizer

February 24, 2006

National Security Working Group Rand Presentaions

February 25, 2006

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23:
7:00 pm	Informal Group Dinner
	Royal Sonesta Hotel
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24:
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:40 am	ELI BERMAN, UC, San Diego and NBER
	DAVID LAITIN, Stanford University
	Hard Targets: Theory and Evidence on Suicide Attacks
9:30 am	JOEL SLEMROD, University of Michigan and NBER
	NAOMI FELDMAN, Ben-Gurion University
	War, Social Identity and Taxation: Capitalizing Patriotism Through Voluntary Tax Compliance
10:20 am	Break
10:40 am	EUGENE WHITE, Rutgers University and NBER
	FILIPPO OCCHINO, Rutgers University
	How Occupied France Financed Its Own Exploitation in World War II
11:30 am	RAYMOND FISMAN, Harvard University and NBER
	DAVID FISMAN, Princeton University
	RAKESH KHURANA, Harvard University
	JULIA GALEF, Harvard University
	Estimating the Value of Connections to Vice-President Cheney
12:20 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	ALEXANDER GELBER, Harvard University
	Active Duty Military Enlistments
2:20 pm	EDWARD MIGUEL, UC, Berkeley and NBER
	JOHN BELLOWS, UC, Berleley
	War and Institutions in Sierra Leone
3:10 pm	Break
3:30 pm	NEIL JOHNSON, University of Oxford
	MICHAEL SPAGAT, University of London
	Universal Patterns Underlying Ongoing Wars and Terrorism
4:20 pm	Adjourn
7:00 p.m.	Dinner Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Speaker: JOHN TAYLOR, Stanford University and NBER
	International Finance in the Post 9/11 Era
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:40 am	JAMES DERTOUZOS, RAND Corporation
	Recruiter Missioning, Market Quality, Recruiter Effort, and Enlistments
9:30 am	DAVID LOUGHRAN, RAND Corporation
	Earnings Loss of Activated Reservists
10:20 am	Break
10:40 am	JAMES HOSEK, RAND Corporation
	Analysis of Reserve Retirement Reform
11:30 am	JOHN WARNER, Clemson University
	CURTIS SIMON, Clemson University
	Uncertainty about Job Match Quality and Youth Turnover: Evidence From U.S. Military Attrition
12:20 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	CLAUDE BERREBI, RAND Corporation
	The Impact of Terrorism Across Industries: An Empirical Study
2:20 pm	DARIUS LAKDAWALLA, RAND Corporation and NBER
	Optimal Liability for Terrorism
3:10 pm	Adjourn