Bram, Jason; Haughwout, Andrew; Orr, James - In: Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 15 (2009) 2, pp. 2-2
We review our earlier studies that estimated the overall economic cost of the 9-11 attacks on New York City. Since the attack took place during a national and local recession, we emphasize the importance of controlling for economic conditions to obtain a precise estimate of the attack's effects....