RESEARCH PROJECT OF MAJOR NATIONAL INTEREST 2022. Climate Change, Violent Conflicts and Welfare: A Multi-Scale Investigation of Causal Pathways in Different Institutional Contexts
June 3rd 2024
15.00 Welcome
- Raul Caruso, Department of Economic Policy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
15.05 - 15.40 Direct and indirect effects of conflict on firms:
Evidence from Turkish transaction data
- Michele Di Maio, Sapienza University of Rome and IZA
- Michele Imbruno, Sapienza University of Rome
- Seda Koymen Ozer, Baskent University
- Alessia Lo Turco, Polytechnic University of Marche
- Daniela Maggioni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
15.45 - 16.20 The impact of US elections on US defense revenues: Firm-level evidence from 1996 to 2020
- Anna Balestra, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Raul Caruso, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and CESPIC
Break
16.40 - 17.15 Domestic Violence Laws and Social Norms: Evidence from Pakistan
- Marinella Leone, University of Pavia
- Selim Gulesci, Trinity College Dublin
- Sameen Zafar, Suleman Dawood School of Business
17.20 - 17.55 Conflict as a Cause of Migration
- Andrea Crippa, University of Perugia
- Giorgio d'Agostino, Rome III University
- John Paul Dunne, University of Cape Town
- Luca Pieroni, University of Perugia
June 4th, 2024
9.00 - 9.35 Stay, Split or Overthrow: Theory and Evidence on Secessionist vs Centrist Civil Conflict
- Joan Esteban, Institut d'Analisi Economica, CSIC and BGSE
- Sabine Flamand, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and CREI
- Massimo Morelli, Bocconi University
- Dominic Rohner, University of Lausanne
9.40 - 10.15 Pilgrims and Crusaders: Religion as an Enduring Double-Edged Sword
- Tommaso Colussi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Dominic Rohner, University of Lausanne
- Andrea Tesei, Queen Mary University of London
- Felipe Valencia, University of British Columbia
Break
10.35 - 11.10 Land, Institutional Settings and Communal Conflicts
- Sara Balestri, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Raul Caruso, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and CESPIC
11.15 - 11.50 Jobs & Violence, evidence from a Policy Experiment in DR Congo
- Nik Stoop, University of Antwerp
- Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp
11.55 - 12.30 Climate Change, Armed Conflict and Resilience a Conditional Relationship
- Maria Grazia D'Angeli, Rome III University
- Giovanni Marin, University of Urbino Carlo Bo
- Elena Paglialunga, Rome III University
Light lunch with sandwiches
13.45 - 14.30 Are Resident Terrorist Groups Productive in Weak States?
- Khusrav Gaibulloev, American University of Sharjah
- James A. Piazza, Penn State University
- Todd Sandler, University of Texas at Dallas
14.35 - 15.10 Faraway, So Close:
The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Political Violence
- Michele Di Maio, Sapienza University of Rome and IZA
- Patricia Justino, UNU-WIDER
- Valerio Leone Sciabolazza, Sapienza University of Rome
- Cecilia Nardi, Sapienza University of Rome
15.15 - 15.50 The effects of Drone Strikes on Terrorist Attacks in Somalia and Yemen
- Adelaide Baronchelli, University of Turin
- Alessandra Foresta, University of Southampton
- Roberto Ricciuti, University of Verona and CESifo
- Flavio Santi, University of Trento
- Tadele Tefera, University of Verona.
Wrap up
