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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. 

SI 2016 Economics of National Security 

Martin S. Feldstein and Eli Berman, Organizers 

July 25, 2016 

Royal Sonesta Hotel
University BC
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

Monday, July 25
9:00 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am	Albrecht Glitz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Erik Meyersson, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics Industrial Espionage and Productivity
10:15 am	Gregory DeAngelo, West Virginia University Private Security and the Provision of International Public Goods
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	Hannes Mueller, Institute of Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona Christopher Rauh, University of Cambridge Reading Between the Lines: Prediction of Political Violence Using Newspaper Text
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	Sankar De, Shiv Nadar University Bharti Nandwani, Shiv Nadar University Financial Development and Conflict Mitigation: Can Finance Combat Conflict?
1:45 pm	Susan Carter, West Point Abigail K. Wozniak, University of Notre Dame and NBER The Impacts of Moving on Family Structure in U.S. Army Data
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Yael Elster, Hebrew University Asaf Zussman, Hebrew University Noam Zussman, Bank of Israel Rockets: The Housing Market Effects of a Credible Terrorist Threat
3:30 pm	Andrew C. Shaver, Princeton University Information and Communication Technologies, Wartime Informing, and Insurgent Violence.
4:15 pm	Adjourn