Similar Search Results

THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2005

Reference: Challenge, January/February, 1979

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125870

Coalition Strategies and Reduction of GHG Emissions

Patel, Vihang - EconWPA - 2005

markets, to attain higher value from the emission trading, we have shown that coalition strategies provide a pertinent … coalitions and hence the coalition strategies. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550910

Third-party punishment and social norms

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - EconWPA - 2004

We examine the characteristics and relative strength of third-party sanctions in a series of experiments. We hypothesize that egalitarian distribution norms and cooperation norms apply in our experiments, and that third parties, whose economic payoff is unaffected by the norm violation, may be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125599

Stable Coalitions in Monotonic Games

Mullat, Joseph - EconWPA - 2001

A formal scheme is described for coalition formation in a game of interconnected participants with monotonic utility …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407534

Greed and Grievance in Civil War

Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - EconWPA - 2004

dependence upon primary commodity exports and a large diaspora substantially increase the risk of conflict. Inconsistent with the … grievance theory, greater ethnic and religious diversity reduce the risk of conflict. The results are robust to correction for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407738

A Trade Institution as a Peaceful Institution?

Caruso, Raul - EconWPA - 2004

Recent studies emphasize the occurrence of conflict as a rational economic activity as well as production and exchange … terms of economic utility and in terms of peace than in ^Qcontinuing conflict^R and ^Qobstructed trade^R scenarios. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407777

Pushing the Prize Up, A Few Notes on Al-Qaeda's Reward Structure and the choice of Casualties

Caruso, Raul; Locatelli, Andrea - EconWPA - 2005

The article aims at suggesting possible conjectures on Al-Qaeda's logic and structure. Even if the organization's secrecy makes any empirical evidence difficult to find, some insight can be provided by economic theory of contests: in this terms, Al-Qaeda can be acknowledged like an agent...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408420

A Very Simple Model of Conflict with Asymmetric Evaluations and Institutional Constraint

Caruso, Raul - EconWPA - 2005

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral opponents … conflict in order to appropriate a positive fraction of a stake. An institutional constraint is modelled through an exogenously … conflicting agents are willing to commit themselves to ease the conflict joining an institutional setting they do not ‘disarm …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408438

Structured Analogies for Forecasting

Armstrong, J.S. - EconWPA - 2005

made in eight conflict situations. These were difficult forecasting problems; the 32% accuracy of the unaided experts was …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119357

The Manager’s Dilemma: Role Conflict in Marketing

Armstrong, JS - EconWPA - 2005

Norris Brisco, Melvin Copeland, Henry Erdman, Benjamin Hibbard, George Hotchkiss, Leverett Lyon, Stanley Resor, Clarence Saunders, Harry Tosdal, Roland Vaile: Who are these people? They are great men in the history of marketing, according to Wright and Dinsdale (1974). They are marketing heroes....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119362