This workshop is part of the EcoNomicSday workshop series at Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon organized by the Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality and Conflict (CERGIC). It aims to advance front-line research by bringing together experts in political economy, trade and economic development to present and discuss the latest findings. This session is jointly organized with the CEPR Research Policy Network on Preventing Conflict: Policies for Peace

Thursday 10

• 12h30-14h Lunch
• 14h00-14h50 Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po Paris, CEPR & CEPII) “The Fragmentation Paradox: De-risking Trade and Global Safety” (with I.Mejean and M.Thoenig)
• 14h50-15h40 Elisa Facchetti (Tor Vergata, IZA & IFS): “Police Infrastructure, Police Performance and Crime: Evidence from Austerity Cuts”
• 15h40-16h10 Coffee break
• 16h10-17h00 Eleonora Guarnieri (University of Bristol & CESifo) “Male Dominance and Cultural Extinction” (with A.Tur-Prats)
• 17h00-17h50 Kai Gehring (Bern University & Wyss Academy) “Insuring Peace: Index-Based Livestock Insurance, Droughts, and Conflict” (with P.Schaudt)
• 19h30 Diner at “Le Bistrot Gerland”, 83 rue de Gerland (by invitation only).

Friday 11

• 9h00-9h50 Dominic Rohner (Geneva Graduate Institute, University of Lausanne & CEPR) “Who wins wars?” (with J.Federle and M.Schularick)
• 9h50-10h40 Marion Richard (NovaSBE) “Conflict, Route Insecurity and Migration in Mali”
• 10h40-11h Coffee break
• 11h-11h50 Mario Carillo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): “The Alpha Political Male” (with M.Reynal-Querol)
• 11h50-12h40 Siwan Anderson (Vancouver School of Economics, BREAD & CEPR): “Harm and Harmony” (with C.Bidner)