SI 2021 Economics of National Security

Eli Berman, Organizer

July 26, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 26
10:00 am
Elena Esposito, Université de Lausanne
Tiziano Rotesi, Université de Lausanne
Alessandro Saia, Université de Lausanne
Mathias Thoenig, Université de Lausanne

Reconciliation Narratives: “The Birth of a Nation” after the US Civil War
11:00 am
Austin L. Wright, University of Chicago
David Van Dijcke, University of Michigan

Profiling Insurrection: Characterizing Collective Action Using Mobile Device Data
12:00 pm
Break
12:30pm
Tamar Mitts, Columbia University

Banned: How De-platforming Extremists Mobilizes Hate in the Dark Corners of the Internet
1:30pm
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

Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Francisco Eslava, University of British Columbia

Conflict and Gender Leadership: Female Mayors in Colombia
4:00 pm
Nicolas de Roux, Universidad de los Andes
Luis R. Martinez, Emory University

Forgone Investment: Civil Conflict and Agricultural Credit in Colombia (slides)
5:00 pm
Adjourn