Polarization and Conflict Conference 

          

07/08 March 2008, R505 STICERD

London School of Economics

 

Program        

Friday, March 07

 
09.00-10.00

GERALD SCHNEIDER, Konstanz

The Compatibility of the Incompatible? (joint with Constanze-Sophie Braun and Nina Wiesehomeier)

10.15-11.15

ELIANA LA FERRARA, Bocconi

Detecting Illegal Arms Trade (joint with Stefano DellaVigna)

11.15-11.30

Break

11.30-12.30

OEINDRILA DUBE, Harvard

Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Columbia (joint with Juan Vargas)

12.30- 2.00 pm

Buffet Lunch

2.00- 3.00 pm

TIMOTHY BESLEY, LSE

Civil War, Economic Development, and State Capacity (joint with Torsten Persson)

3.00- 3.15 pm

Break

       

3.15- 4.15 pm

  

JAMES FEARON, Stanford

Civil War Termination
(joint with David Laitin)

4.15- 4.30 pm

Break

                  
4.30- 6.30 pm
 

Presentation of PAC Findings by JOAN ESTEBAN and GERALD SCHNEIDER

Roundtable by JAMES FEARON, EDWARD MIGUEL and PAUL COLLIER

6.30-7.30 pm

Reception in STICERD Social Area

Saturday, March 08

 
09.00-10.00 am

MARTA REYNAL-QUEROL, Pompeu Fabra

The Colonial Origins of Civil War (joint with Simeon Djankov)

10.00- 10.15 am

Break

               
10.15- 11.15 am
      

SAUMITRA JHA, Harvard

Trade, Institutions and Religious Tolerance: Evidence from India

11.15- 11.30 pm

Break

11.30-12.30 pm

BENJAMIN OLKEN, Harvard

Hit or Miss? The Effect of Assasinations on Institutions and Wars (joint with Ben Jones)

12.30-1.30 pm

 

Buffet Lunch

 

1.30-2.30 pm

EDWARD MIGUEL, Berkeley

War and Local Collective Action in Sierra Leone (joint with John Bellows) 

2.30-2.45 pm

Break

2.45-3.45 pm

KALLE MOENE, U. of Oslo  (with Jo Thori Lin and Fredrik Willumsen)

Opium for the Masses? Afghanistan as a Drug State