Monday, July 26

10:00 am

Reconciliation Narratives: “The Birth of a Nation” after the US Civil War

Elena Esposito, Université de Lausanne
Tiziano Rotesi, Université de Lausanne
Alessandro Saia, University of Bologna
Mathias Thoenig, Université de Lausanne

11:00 am

Profiling Insurrection: Characterizing Collective Action Using Mobile Device Data

Austin L. Wright, University of Chicago
David Van Dijcke, University of Michigan

12:00 pm

Break

12:30pm

Banned: How De-platforming Extremists Mobilizes Hate in the Dark Corners of the Internet

Tamar Mitts, Columbia University

1:30pm

Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers

Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Richard R. Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Yulia Zhestkova, University of Chicago

2:30 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Conflict and Gender Leadership: Female Mayors in Colombia

Francisco Eslava, University of British Columbia

4:00 pm

Forgone Investment: Civil Conflict and Agricultural Credit in Colombia (slides)

Nicolas de Roux, Universidad de los Andes
Luis R. Martinez, Emory University

5:00 pm

Adjourn