NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Economics
of National Security |
Martin Feldstein,
Organizer |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel, Charles Suite, East Tower |
40 Edwin
H. Land Boulevard |
Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
FRIDAY, JULY 25: |
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8:30
am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00
am |
BROCK
BLOMBERG, |
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ROZLYN
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Lines in the Sand:
Border Effects, Economic Integration and Disintegration of Post-War
Iraq |
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Discussant: JUSTIN WOLFERS, |
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9:50
am |
NATHAN
CONVERSE, |
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ETHAN
KAPSTEIN, INSEAD |
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Discussant: BENJAMIN OLKEN, MIT and NBER |
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10:40
am |
Break |
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11:00
am |
RADHA
IYENGAR, |
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JONATHAN
MARTEN, |
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Is There an Emboldenment Effect? Evidence from the
Insurgency in Iraq |
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Discussant: ALBERTO ALESINA, Harvard University and
NBER |
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11:50
am |
REUVEN
GLICK, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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ALAN
TAYLOR, UC, Davis |
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Collateral Damage:
Trade Disruption and the Economic Impact of War |
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Discussant: JEFFREY FRANKEL, |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch |
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2:00
pm |
DEEPA
DHUME, |
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Discussant: CHRISTOPHER FOOTE, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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2:50
pm |
ELI
BERMAN, UC, |
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JOSEPH
FELTER, |
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JACOB
SHAPIRO, |
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Can Hearts and Minds be Bought? The Economics of
Counterinsurgency in Iraq |
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Discussant: JESSE SHAPIRO, |
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3:40
pm |
Break |
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4:00
pm |
SEBASTIAN
NEGRUSA, RAND |
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CURTIS
SIMON and JOHN WARNER, |
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Discussant: ALEXANDER GELBER, |
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4:50
pm |
Adjourn |
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6/19/08 |
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