NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006

Economics of National Security

July 25, 2006

Martin Feldstein, Organizer

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Room- Skyline ABC

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 24:
6:30 pm	Group Dinner
	Royal Sonesta Hotel, room Skyline A and B
	Dinner Speaker: JOHN TAYLOR, Stanford University and NBER
TUESDAY, JULY 25:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	ALAN KRUEGER, Princeton University and NBER
	The National Origins of Foreign Fighters in Iraq
	Discussant: JESSE SHAPIRO, University of Chicago and NBER
9:50 am	EFFIE BENMELECH, Harvard University and NBER
	CLAUDE BERREBI, RAND Corporation
	Attack Assignments in Terror Organizations and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers
	Discussant: EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	STEVEN DAVIS, KEVIN MURPHY and ROBERT TOPEL,
	University of Chicago and NBER
	War in Iraq Versus Containment
	Discussant: WILLIAM NORDHAUS, Yale University and NBER
11:50 am	WILLIAM NORDHAUS, Yale University and NBER
	JOHN O’NEAL, University of Alabama
	BRUCE RUSSETT, Yale University
	Determinants of Threats and Military Spending
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	ANTONIO SPILIMBERGO, International Monetary Fund
	Foreign Students and Democracy
	Discussant: CHARLES CLOTFELTER, Duke University and NBER
2:50 pm	HOWARD KUNREUTHER, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	ERWANN MICHEL-KERJAN, University of Pennsylvania
	Looking Beyond TRIA: A Clinical Examination of Potential Terrorism Loss Sharing
	Discussant: JEFFREY BROWN, University of Illinois and NBER
3:40 pm	Break
4:00 pm	JACOB KLERMAN and DAVID LOUGHRAN, RAND Corporation
	Reserve Affiliation
	Discussant: ALEX GELBER, Harvard University
4:50 pm	SANDEEP BALIGA and DAVID LUCCA, Northwestern University
	TOMAS SJÖSTRÖM, Rutgers University
	Domestic Political Survival and International Conflict: Is Democracy Good for Peace?
	Discussant: ERIC WERKER, Harvard University
5:40 pm	Adjourn
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