The RIDGE forums aim at the spreading of high quality research in economics by bringing together prestigious researchers working on the frontier of knowledge to local and regional researchers and policymakers. The focus of the meeting will be on the connection between economics and political...

The focus of the meeting will be on the connection between economics and political institutions broadly understood, including legislatures, courts, executives, political parties, elections, weakly institutionalized environments, the institutions of federalism and the workings of the public...

Program: - Up from Here? Challenges and Barriers to Recovery from the Crisis (Panel discussion) - Is War Over? The Economics of National Security after Iraq and Afghanistan (Panel discussion) - Economists for Peace & Security dinner in Honor of Michael Intriligator This conference is being held...

This conference is being held in conjunction with the ASSA 2012 Annual Meeting. Economists for Peace and Security works to promote non-military solutions to world challenges, and more broadly to work towards freedom from fear and want for all. Since its founding at the 1989 AEA meetings,...