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Political Violence and Policy: Seventh Conference
2016 Conference Program
Thursday, May 19, 2016 Green Hall Room 2.302
8:30 am Shuttle from Double-Tree Hotel to Green Hall. Conference in Green Hall Room 2.302
8:45 am – 8:50 am Welcome Remarks from Todd Sandler
8:50 am – 11:00 am Session in Honor of Walter Enders
Chair: Todd Sandler
· Eric Neumayer, and Thomas Plümper, “Spatial Spill-overs from Terrorism on Tourism: Western Victims in Islamic Destination Countries”
· Khusrav Gaibulloev and Javed Younas, “Conflicts and Domestic Bank Lending”
· Justin George, “Failed States and Transnational Terrorism: An Empirical Analysis”
11:00 am – 11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15 am – 12:40 pm Piracy
Chair: Patrick Brandt
· Ursula Daxecker and Brandon Prins, “The Politicization of Crime: Elections and Maritime Piracy in Indonesia”
· Khusrav Gaibulloev and Todd Sandler, “Decentralization, Institutions, and Maritime Piracy”
12:40 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch in Atrium Pit
2:00 pm – 3:25 pm Political Violence: Aid and Giving
Chair: Eric Neumayer
· Claude Berrebi and Hanan Yonah, “Terrorism and Philanthropy: The Effect of Terror Attacks on The Scope of Giving by Individuals and Households”
· Paul Bezerra and Alex Braithwaite, “Locating Foreign Aid Commitments in Response to Political Violence”
3:25 pm – 3:40 pm Coffee Break
3:40 pm – 5:05 pm Civil War 1
Chair: Kristian Gleditsch
· Bridget Coggins, “Terrorism Substitution and Unintended Consequences: International Incentives and Civil War Intensity”
· Nair, Gautam and Nicholas Sambanis, “Violence Exposure and Ethnic Identification: Evidence from Kashmir ”
5:05 pm – 5:25 pm Discussion of Special Issue of Public Choice and the time table.
Todd Sandler and William Shughart II
5:30 pm Shuttle Returns to Hotel
6:30 pm Shuttle and Rides from DoubleTree Hotel to Todd Sandler’s House
6:45 pm – on Dinner at Todd Sandler’s House
Friday, May 20, 2016 Green Hall Room 2.302
8:30 am Shuttle from DoubleTree Hotel to Green Hall
8:50 am – 10:20 am Civil Wars 2
Chair: Todd Sandler
· John Echevarria and Javier Gardeazabal, “Refugee Gravitation towards Asylum,”
· Michael Findley, Kyosuke Kikuta, and Joseph Young, “Spoiling Peace Agreements after Civil Wars: A Synthetic Control Approach Applied to Nicaragua”
10:20 am – 10:35 am Coffee Break
10:35 am – 12:05 am Selected Topics
Chair: Javier Gardeazabal
· James A. Piazza, “Oil and Terrorism: An Investigation of Mediators”
· Paschalis Arvanitidas, Athina Economou, and Christos Kollias, “Terrorism’s Effects on Social Capital in European Countries”
12:10 am – 1:30 pm Lunch in Atrium Pit
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Coups and Terrorist Groups
Chair: Claude Berrebi
· Brian J. Phillips, “How Do Economic Sanctions Affect Terrorist Groups? A Look at the Foreign Terrorist Organization List”
· Martin Gassebner, Jerg Gutmann, and Stefan Voigt, “Extreme Bounds of Coup d’État – Robust Determinants of Coup Attempts and Success, 1950–2013”
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:45 pm Ethnicity and Terrorism
Chair: Bill Shughart II
· Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Sara M.T. Polo, “Ethnic Inclusion, Democracy, and Terrorism”
· Vito D’Orazio and Idean Salehyan, “Who is a Terrorist? Ethnicity, Group Affiliation, and Understandings of Political Violence”
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Wrap Up by Todd Sandler
5:05 pm Shuttle Returns to Hotel
6:10 pm Shuttle and Rides from DoubleTree Hotel to Todd Sandler’s House
6:25 pm – on Dinner at Todd Sandler’s House