SI 2020 Economics of National Security
Organized by Eli Berman
July 20, 2020
on Zoom.us
Monday, July 20
11:00 am

Army Service in the All-Volunteer Era

Kyle Greenberg, West Point and NBER
Matthew Gudgeon, Tufts University and NBER
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University
Corbin Miller, Internal Revenue Service
Richard W. Patterson, Brigham Young University and NBER

Discussant:
Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 pm

A Farewell to Army Segregation: The Effects of Racial Integration During the Korean War (slides)

Daniel Indacochea, University of Toronto

Discussant:
Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER (slides)
1:00 pm

Competition and Contract Performance: Evidence from US Defense Procurement (slides)

Rodrigo Carril Andres Gonzalez Lira, PUC-Chile
Michael Walker, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Decio Coviello, HEC Montreal (slides)
2:00 pm
Virtual Lunch
3:00 pm

Security Transitions (slides)

Thiemo R. Fetzer, University of Warwick
Pedro CL. Souza, Queen Mary University of London
Oliver Vanden Eynde, Paris School of Economics
Austin L. Wright, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER
4:00 pm

The Social Network Effects of Drone Strikes (slides)

Paolo Bertolotti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ali Jadbabaie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Jacob N. Shapiro, Princeton University (slides)
5:00 pm
Virtual Happy Hour
6:30 pm
Adjourn