Friday, April 19

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

A Framework for Geoeconomics

Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Fernando Broner, Center for Research on International Economics

Break

10:15 am

The Political Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic

Carolina Arteaga, University of Toronto
Victoria Barone, University of Notre Dame

Discussant:
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER

Break

11:30 am

Brother Votes for Brother: The Effects of Pentecostal Political Influence in Brazil

Daniela Sola, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Discussant:
Claudio Ferraz, University of British Columbia and NBER

Lunch, Somerset Room

1:30 pm

Experience, Narratives, and Climate Change Beliefs

Milena Djourelova, Cornell University
Ruben Durante, National University of Singapore
Elliot Motte, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Eleonora Patacchini, Cornell University

Discussant:
Parrish Bergquist, University of Pennsylvania

Break

2:45 pm

Insuring Peace: Index-based Livestock Insurance, Droughts, and Conflict

Kai Gehring, University of Bern
Paul Schaudt, University of St. Gallen

Discussant:
Eoin F. McGuirk, Tufts University and NBER

Break

4:00 pm

Socializing Alone: How Online Homophily Has Undermined Social Cohesion in the US

Ruben Enikolopov, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Maria Petrova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Gianluca Russo, Pompeu Fabra
David H. Yanagizawa-Drott, University of Zurich

Discussant:
Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton University and NBER

Adjourn

Reception and Dinner