SI 2017 Economics of National Security
Organized by Martin S. Feldstein and Eli Berman
July 24, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Royal Sonesta Hotel
University Room
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

Monday, July 24

8:30 am

Coffee and pastries

9:00 am

The Sword and the Shield: The Economics of Targeted Sanctions

Daniel P. Ahn, U.S. Department of State
Rodney Ludema, Georgetown University

9:45 am

On Target? The Incidence of Sanctions Across Listed Firms in Iran

Mirko Draca, Warwick University
Jason Garred, University of Ottawa
Nele Warrinnier, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Leanne Stickland, National Audit Office

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Community Monitors vs. Leakage: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan

Eli Berman, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Michael J. Callen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Luke N. Condra, University of Chicago
Patrick M. Downey, Stockholm IIES
Tarek F. Ghani, Washington University in St Louis

11:30 am

Robin Hood on the Grand Canal: Economic Shock and Rebellions in Qing China, 1650-1911

Yiming Cao, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Shuo Chen, Fudan University

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Ego Trips to the Grave: Relative Position and Risk Taking among German Fighter Pilots, 1939-45

Philipp Ager, University of Mannheim
Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich

2:00 pm

Too Scared for School? The Effects of Terrorism on Israeli Student Achievement

Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Economic Shocks and Rebel Tactics

Austin L. Wright, University of Chicago

3:45 pm

Insurgent Learning

Francesco Trebbi, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Eric Weese, Yale University
Austin L. Wright, University of Chicago
Andrew C. Shaver, University of California, Merced

4:30 pm

Adjourn