NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2006 |
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Economics
of National Security |
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Martin
Feldstein, Organizer |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
Room-
Skyline ABC |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY,
JULY 24: |
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6:30 pm |
Group
Dinner |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel, room Skyline A and B |
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Dinner
Speaker: JOHN TAYLOR, |
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TUESDAY,
JULY 25: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
ALAN
KRUEGER, |
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Discussant: JESSE SHAPIRO, |
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9:50 am |
EFFIE BENMELECH, |
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CLAUDE BERREBI, RAND Corporation |
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Attack Assignments
in Terror Organizations and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers |
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Discussant: EDWARD GLAESER, |
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10:40 am |
Break |
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11:00 am |
STEVEN
DAVIS, KEVIN MURPHY and ROBERT TOPEL, |
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War
in |
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Discussant: WILLIAM NORDHAUS, |
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11:50 am |
WILLIAM
NORDHAUS, |
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JOHN
ONEAL, |
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BRUCE
RUSSETT, Yale University |
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Determinants of Threats and Military Spending |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch |
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2:00 pm |
ANTONIO SPILIMBERGO, International Monetary Fund |
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Discussant: CHARLES CLOTFELTER, |
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2:50 pm |
HOWARD
KUNREUTHER, |
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ERWANN MICHEL-KERJAN, |
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Looking Beyond TRIA: A Clinical
Examination of Potential Terrorism Loss Sharing |
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Discussant: JEFFREY BROWN, |
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3:40 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
JACOB
KLERMAN and DAVID LOUGHRAN, RAND Corporation |
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Reserve
Affiliation |
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Discussant: ALEX GELBER, |
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4:50 pm |
SANDEEP
BALIGA and DAVID |
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TOMAS SJÖSTRÖM, |
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Domestic Political Survival and International
Conflict: Is Democracy Good for Peace? |
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Discussant: ERIC WERKER, |
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5:40 pm |
Adjourn |
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6/2/06 |
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