These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Jorge Alberto Restrepo (Royal Holloway College, University of London)

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM
Session: The Micro-Level Consequences of Political Violence and Civil War (AEA)
Presiding: Christopher Blattman (University of California, Berkeley, Economics)

War and Local Collective Action in Sierra Leone
Edward Miguel (University of California, Berkeley)
John Bellows (University of California, Berkeley, Economics)

Violence, Human Capital and Gender: Evidence from Colombia
Adriana Lleras-Muney (Princeton University, Economics & Woodrow Wilson School)
Grant Miller (Stanford University)
Jorge Alberto Restrepo (Royal Holloway College, University of London)

Socio-Political Conflict and Economic Performance in Bolivia
Stergios Skaperdas (University of California, Irvine, Economics)
Jose Luis Evia (Catholic University of Bolivia and Andean University "Simon Bolivar" of Bolivia)
Roberto Laserna (CERES)
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From Violence to Voting: War and Political Development in Uganda
Christopher Blattman (Yale University & Center for Global Development)
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