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NATIONAL
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Economics of
Religion and Culture |
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Daniel Hungerman, Organizer |
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March 8 and 9,
2013 |
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NBER |
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1050
Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge, MA |
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Program |
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Friday, March 8 |
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8:45 am |
Depart from Sonesta by van |
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9:00 am |
Breakfast |
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9:30 am |
Learning Capitalism the
Hard Way---Evidence from Germany's Reunification |
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Thomas Triebs, Ifo
Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich |
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Justin Tumlinson, Ifo
Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich |
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10:30 am |
Trade, the State and
Inter-Religious Trust: Evidence from South Asia |
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Saumitra Jha, Stanford
University |
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Aprajit Mahajan,
Stanford University |
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11:30 am |
Break |
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11:45 am |
The Effect of
Political Violence on Religiosity: Evidence from Israel |
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Asaf Zussman, Hebrew University |
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12:45 pm |
Lunch |
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1:45 pm |
Confucianism and Preferences:
Evidence from Lab Experiments in Taiwan and China |
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Elaine Liu, University of Houston |
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Juanjuan Meng, Peking
University |
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Tao-Yi Wang, National Taiwan University |
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2:45 pm |
Break |
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3:15 pm |
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Angela Dills, Providence College |
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Rey Hernandez-Julian, Metropolitan State University of Denver |
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4:15 pm |
How
Do Rights Revolutions Occur? Theory and Evidence from First Amendment
Jurisprudence, 1958-2008 |
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Daniel Chen, ETH Zurich |
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Susan Yeh, University of Pennsylvania |
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5:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Group dinner, Restaurant Dante in the Royal Sonesta
Hotel |
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Saturday, March 9 |
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8:45 am |
Depart from the Sonesta by van |
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9:00 am |
Breakfast |
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9:30 am |
Religion
and Risky Health Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents and Adults |
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Jason Fletcher, Yale University and NBER |
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Sanjeev Kumar, Yale University |
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10:30 am |
The Effect of Education
on Religion: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws |
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Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame
and NBER |
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11:30 am |
Lunch |
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12:30 pm |
Politician Identity and
Health Outcomes: Does Religion Matter? |
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Sonia Bhalotra, University Bristol |
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Guilhem Cassan,
University of Namur |
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Irma Clots-Figueras, Universidad Carlos III
Madrid |
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Lakshmi Iyer, Harvard
University |
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1:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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