SI 2022 Economics of National Security
Organized by Eli Berman
July 25, 2022
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
FORMAT: Presenters should speak for 35 minutes in order to leave 10 minutes for discussion.

Monday, July 25

10:00 am

Convene and Introductions

10:15 am

Windows of Peace: the Effect of Ceasefires on Economic Well-being (slides)

Alex Armand, Nova School of Business and Economics
Myriam Marending, Copenhagen Business School
Galina Vysotskaya, Nova School of Business and Economics

11:00 am

Production Networks and War

Vasily Korovkin, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Alexey Makarin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:45 am

Lunch

1:00 pm

Standing Up to Extremism: Evidence from a Tolerance and Bystander-Intervention Training Experiment in Bangladesh

Peter B. Vining, Naval Postgraduate School
Cyrus Samii, New York University
Michael J. Gilligan, New York University

1:45 pm

Opening up Military Innovation: Causal Effects of Reforms to U.S. Defense Research

Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Jason Rathje, U.S. Air Force
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Jun Wong, University of Chicago

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Fog of War? The Role of Combat, Selection, and Policy in Veterans' Long-Run Outcomes (slides)

Jesse M. Bruhn, Brown University and NBER
Kyle Greenberg, West Point and NBER
Matthew Gudgeon, Tufts University and NBER
Evan K. Rose, University of Chicago and NBER
Yotam Shem-Tov, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

3:30 pm

Break

3:45 pm

The Logic and Impacts of Rebel Public Services Provision: Evidence from Taliban Courts in Afghanistan

Austin L. Wright, University of Chicago

4:30 pm

Rebel Governance and Development: The Long Term Effects of Guerrilla's in El Salvador

Antonella Bandiera, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

5:15 pm

Adjourn