I will be giving the Center for Global Development’s Massachusetts Avenue Development Seminar next Monday, December 5, 2011, at 4 pm. In case anyone would like to meet beforehand, I am free in late morning and early afternoon, so please drop me an email.<\/p>\n
Here is the announcement for the seminar:<\/p>\n
The Center for Global Development presents
\na Massachusetts Avenue Development Seminar (MADS) on<\/p>\n
Food Prices and Riots: <\/em><\/strong> Featuring With Discussant<\/em> Monday, December 5, 2011<\/strong> at<\/p>\n Center for Global Development Paper Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0 Can food prices cause political unrest? Throughout history, riots have frequently broken out, ostensibly as a consequence of high food prices. This paper studies the impact of food prices on political unrest using monthly data at the international level. Results indicate that in the period 1990-2011, food price increases appear to have led to increases in political unrest, whereas food price volatility has been associated with decreased political unrest. I will be giving the Center for Global Development’s Massachusetts Avenue Development Seminar next Monday, December 5, 2011, at 4 pm. In case anyone would…<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Estimating How the Level and Volatility of Food Prices Shape Social Unrest in the Developing World, 1990-2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Marc Bellemare<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics
\nSanford School of Public Policy, Duke University<\/p>\n
\nEd Carr<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor
\nDepartment of Geography, University of South Carolina
\nand
\nAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
\nUnited States Agency for International Development<\/p>\n
\n4:00pm–5:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC<\/strong>
\n*Please bring photo identification*<\/p>\n
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