SI 2018 Economics of National Security
Organized by Martin S. Feldstein and Eli Berman
July 23, 2018
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Monday, July 23

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

From Welfare To Warfare: New Deal Spending and Patriotism During World War Ii

Bruno Caprettini, University of St Gallen
Fabio S. Schmidt-Fischbach, University of Oxford
Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich

9:45 am

The Impact of Industry Consolidation on Government Procurement: Evidence from DoD Contracting

Mark Duggan, Stanford University and NBER
Rodrigo Carril

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Economic Conditions and Racial Animus: Evidence from the Great Recession

D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University and NBER
Benjamin Crost, University of Calgary
Daniel I. Rees, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

11:30 am

Terrorism Financing, Recruitment and Attacks: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Pakistan

Nicola Limodio, Bocconi University

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Did the Invasion of Afghanistan Deter Ungoverned Spaces? Not in Africa

Patrick M. Downey, Stockholm IIES

2:00 pm

The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization

Joseph F. Gomes, Universite catholique de Louvain
Alex Armand, Nova School of Business and Economics
Paul Atwell, University of Michigan

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Extractive Resource Policy and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Mining Reform in the Philippines

Benjamin Crost, University of Calgary
Joseph Felter, Stanford University

3:45 pm

Adjourn