While the game-theoretic analysis of conflict is often based upon the assumption of multiplicative noise, additive … limit, equilibria in the Hirshleifer contest converge to equilibria in the corresponding all-pay auction. …

noise. In pure strategies, any asymmetric equilibrium corresponds to one-sided dominance, but there is also a variety of … in cut-throat competition, while any others become ultimately inactive. Of some conceptual interest is the observation …

While the game-theoretic analysis of conflict is often based on the assumption of multiplicative noise, additive noise …-pay auction. …

social conflict. We see conflict phenomena such as crime and civil war as involving resource appropriation activities. We … show that not all shocks that could make society richer will reduce conflict. Positive shocks to labor intensive industries … will diminish social conflict, while positive shocks to capital intensive industries will increase it. The key requirement …

persist with group identity, although democracy in such instances differs from usual political competition. …

the enforcer in conflict increases the group probability of winning only if the prize valuation of the enforcer is lower … which have been shown to form together with conflict and inequality endogenously; otherwise, this occurs with non corrupt …