Meeting on the Economics of National Security
Organized by Eli Berman
February 11, 2016
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Thursday, February 11

Grievances in Civil War Participation: Micro-Level Evidence from Syria

Vera Mironova, University of Maryland, College Park
Samuel Whitt, Fulbright Scholar, University of Prishtina
1

Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines

Benjamin Crost, University of Calgary
Claire Duquennois, University of Pittsburgh
Joseph Felter, Stanford University
Daniel I. Rees, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2

The Violent Legacy of Victimization: Post-Conflict Evidence on Asylum Seekers,Crimes and Public Policy in Switzerland

Mathieu Couttenier, University of Geneva
Veronica Preotu, University of Lausanne
Dominic Rohner, University of Lausanne
Mathias Thoenig, Université de Lausanne
4

Fight or Flight in Civil War? Evidence from Rebel-Controlled Syria

Vera Mironova, University of Maryland, College Park
4

Local Government Proliferation, Diversity, and Conflict

Samuel A. Bazzi, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Matthew Gudgeon, Tufts University and NBER
5

Weighing the Military Option: The Effects of Wartime Conditions on Career Pathways

Brian Duncan, University of Colorado Denver
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado Denver
Bryson Rintala, U.S. Air Force Academy
6

A History of Violence: Field Evidence on Trauma, Discounting and Present Bias

Alex Imas, University of Chicago and NBER
Michael A. Kuhn, Wittgenstein Centre
Vera Mironova, University of Maryland, College Park
7

Impact of Violent Crime on Risk Aversion: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War

Ryan Brown, University of Colorado, Denver
Verónica Montalva, Inter-American Development Bank
Duncan Thomas, Duke University and NBER
Andrea P. Velasquez, University of Colorado Denver