Jul 14, 2017 sebastian junger on war and restrepo in afghanistan. Prepared as a chapter for the nber book the economics of artificial intelligence. For decades, author sebastian junger has been covering wars all over the world, but he never imagined that his book, war, and movie. We are grateful to juan camilo castillo, humberto dantas, daniel mejia, monica pachon, pascual restrepo, fabio sanchez, and gabriel tarriba for sharing data and sources. The violent effects of cocaine supply shortages in the mexican drug war by juan camilo castillo, daniel mejia, and pascual restrepo. Mejia and restrepo 20 also show that this 1994 policy change, along with increased cocaine interdiction in other countries, induced greater coca production in colombian municipios more. Join facebook to connect with daniel restrepo and others you may know. Democracy does cause growth, journal of political economy, vol 1271, pages 47100. Carlos eugenio restrepo restrepo september 12, 1867 july 6, 1937 was a colombian lawyer, writer, and statesman, who was elected president of colombia in 1910. Using an incomplete information model, we argue that consuming conspicuous goods reveals information to criminals who are seeking.
There are 2 versions of this paper robots and jobs. Democracy, redistribution and inequality with daron acemoglu, suresh naidu, james a. We study the distorting effect that property crime has on consumption decisions. For nearly six years and through two presidential campaigns, restrepo served as the principal advisor to president barack obama on issues. Daniel restrepo harvard catalyst profiles harvard catalyst. Sebastian junger on war and restrepo in afghanistan. An economic evaluation of plan colombia, with daniel mejia. Suppose for a moment that all cocaine consumption in the us disappears and goes to canada.
We thank nicolas idrobo for outstanding research assistance. The violent effects of cocaine supply shortages in the mexican drug war. This paper studies the effects of enforcement on illegal behavior in the context of a large aerial spraying program designed to curb coca cultivation in colombia. Cgd is grateful for contributions from its funders and board of directors in support of this work. Juan camilo castillo, daniel mejia, and pascual restrepo. In 2006, the colombian government pledged not to spray a 10 km band around the frontier with ecuador due to diplomatic frictions arising from the possibly negative collateral effects. Machinereadable bibliographic record marc, ris, bibtex document object identifier doi.
Join facebook to connect with daniel restrepo s and others you may know. During his administration he worked towards making political reconciliation among the conservative and liberals. Born in medellin, colombia, he was educated in jesuit schools in this city and in burgos and ona both in spain and munich, germany. Our analysis shows how the equilibrium quantity of illegal drugs, as well as their price, depends on key parameters. Acemoglu, daron and restrepo, pascual, robots and jobs.
In a 2014 paper, economists daniel mejia and pascual restrepo explained. As international trade has expanded dramatically in the postwar periodan expansion accelerated by the opening of china, russia, india, and eastern europeillicit international trade has grown in. Local representatives can answer questions about the profiles website or help with editing a profile or issues with profile data. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. This chapter makes use of colombianus bilateral relations as a window to trace the evolution of the usdesigned war on drugs, highlighting the role of securitization in the development of counternarcotics activities in colombia and discussing the process through which the shortcomings of this policy have created opportunities to engage in desecuritization and to design.
Warrington pa, 18976, doylestown township pa 18976, bergenfield nj 07621 possible relatives. Ending the drug wars, report of the lse expert group on the economics of drug policy. This paper studies the effects of enforcement on illegal behavior in the context of a large aerial spraying program designed to. View the profiles of professionals named daniel restrepo on linkedin. Daniel restrepo, age 44, warrington, pa 18976 view full report. Office of the vice president, development economics. Daniel mejia pascual restrepo abstract this paper develops a simple model of the war against illegal drugs in producer and consumer countries.
Pascual restrepo mesa phd student, mit contact information. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. A previous version of this paper can be found here. Illicit trade and the global economy cesifo seminar. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like dan restrepo discover inside connections to recommended job. Dan restrepo archives center for american progress. In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality.
Vilma j jaramillo, adriana l latorre, linda restrepo. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. Daniel restrepo, doctor in tampa, fl us news doctors. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the u. Our analysis shows how the equilibrium quantity of illegal drugs, as well as their price, depends on key parameters of the model, among them the price elasticity of demand, and the.
View dan restrepos professional profile on linkedin. Illicit trade and the global economy cesifo seminar series. Democracy, redistribution and inequality by daron acemoglu. We first explain the theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail to be realized when democracy is captured by the richer segments of the population. For faculty or fellow appointment updates and changes, please ask your appointing department to contact hms. Using an incomplete information model, we argue that consuming conspicuous goods reveals information to crimina. Mar 10, 2016 in a 2014 paper, economists daniel mejia and pascual restrepo explained. Restrepo is a featurelength documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of u. Ending drug wars by recovery rocks cafe book library issuu. Daniel restrepo, md is an internal medicine specialist in boston, ma. Juan camilo castillo, daniel mejia, and pascual restrepo, 2014. Dan restrepo is a senior fellow at american progress.
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