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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH |
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National Security Working Group |
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Martin Feldstein, Organizer |
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February 25, 2005 |
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NBER |
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1050 Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24: |
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6:00 p.m. |
Group Dinner Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA |
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Dinner Speaker:
NEIL RAPPAPORT, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad and NBER |
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National Defense and Economic Reconstruction in Iraq |
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25: |
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8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:40 a.m. |
ILYANA KUZIEMKO and ERIC WERKER, Harvard University |
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How Much is a Seat
on the Security Council Worth?
Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations |
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9:30 a.m. |
CHRIS ROHLFS, University of Chicago |
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10:20 a.m. |
Break |
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10:40 a.m. |
DANIEL CHEN, University of Chicago |
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Islamic Resurgence during the Indonesian Financial Crisis
(paper1, paper2) |
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11:30 a.m. |
CLAUDE BERREBI, RAND Corporation |
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On Terrorism and
Electoral Outcomes: Theory and Evidence from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
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(Joint with ESTEBAN KLOR, Hebrew University) |
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12:20 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
HUGH ROCKOFF, Rutgers University and NBER |
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Until Its Over,
Over There: The U.S. Economy in World War I |
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2:20 p.m. |
CHANGE-TAI HSIEH, UC, Berkeley |
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ENRICO MORETTI, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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Did Iraq Cheat the
United Nations? Underpricing, Bribes, and the Oil for Food Program |
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3:10 p.m. |
Break |
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3:30 p.m. |
MATTHEW GENTZKOW, University of Chicago |
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JESSE SHAPIRO, Harvard University |
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4:20 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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2/20/05 |
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