Conflict without Misperceptions or Incomplete Information: how the Future Matters.

Conflict and war are typically viewed as the outcome of misperceptions, incomplete information, or even irrationality. We show that it can otherwise. Despite the short-run incentives to settle disputes peacefully , there can be long-term, compounding rewards to going to war when doing better relative to one's opponent today implies doing better tomorrow.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Garfinkel, M.R. ; Skaperdas, S.
Institutions:	California Irvine - School of Social Sciences
Subject:	INFORMATION \| SOCIAL CHOICE

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Series:	California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	20 pages
Classification:	D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances ; D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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