While the game-theoretic analysis of conflict is often based upon the assumption of multiplicative noise, additive … the equilibrium set of the n-player difference-form contest with heterogeneous valuations. For high or intermediate levels … valuations, we obtain a partial uniqueness result for symmetric equilibria. As the contest becomes increasingly decisive, at …

We characterize the equilibrium set of the n-player Hirshleifer contest with homogeneous valuations. A symmetric … 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 … the equilibrium set of the n-player difference-form contest with heterogeneous valuations. For high and intermediate … valuations, we obtain a partial uniqueness result for symmetric equilibria. As the contest becomes increasingly decisive, at …

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 symmetric two-player Hirshleifer (1989) contest is shown to admit a unique equilibrium. The support of the …