To: Interested economists
From: Philip Cook, Jens Ludwig and Justin McCrary
Date: February 19, 2008
Re: Economics of Crime Working Group - call for papers for Summer
Institute 2008
The new NBER working group on the Economics of Crime brings together
economists and other scholars who research the causes and consequences of
crime, as well as ways to reduce the costs of crime to society. Topics of
particular interest currently include, first, estimating the costs and
benefits of criminal justice programs and policies; second, the analysis of
underground markets, including drugs, firearms, prostitution, human
smuggling, money laundering, corruption, and other illicit goods and
services; and third, the influence on crime of other aspects of economic
life including education, health care, substance abuse, and the labor market.
We will be holding a one day meeting at NBER Summer Institute on July 24,
2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In part, our sessions with will be joint
with the Labor Studies Program and the Law and Economics Program. If you
have a paper that you would like to present please send it, or an abstract,
by April 4 to each of us at the following electronic mail addresses:
Philip Cook
pcook_at_duke.edu
Jens Ludwig
jludwig_at_uchicago.edu
Justin McCrary
jmccrary_at_law.berkeley.edu
Lawrence Katz
lkatz_at_harvard.edu
Christine Jolls
Christine.Jolls_at_yale.edu
Please send submissions in either .pdf or Word formats.
Please forward this call for papers to friends and colleagues whom you know
might like to send in their paper. Invitations and logistical information
will be sent in May.
If you have any questions or need additional information please contact Rob
in the NBER's Conference Department at 617/868-3900 or rhannon_at_nber.org
Received on Tue Feb 19 2008 - 09:24:34 EST
