groups but where entrepreneurs have a desire for cooperation and peace. We assert that it is members of the elites who start …We explore the implications of having a divided society where group leaders have motives for aggression towards other … conflicts and wage wars while the entrepreneurs undertake the type of economic activities that they find most profitable given …

conflict models. They follow from incorporating positional dynamics into the standard static approach. Such positional dynamics …

observe surprisingly high levels of cooperation and altruism within groups in conflict situations such as civil wars. We …

We study the role of inter-group differences in the emergence of conflict. In our setting, two groups compete for the …, that the opposition can either accept, or reject and wage conflict. Expropriating a large share of resources increases … of conflict. In equilibrium, allocations are non-monotonic in the cost of mobility. Moreover, limited commitment with …

collective action in the context of finitely repeated intergroup conflict and demonstrate that conflict expenditures are …

conflict and more intense fighting. …

Throughout history, victory in conflict has created fearsome reputations. With it, the victor ensures greater … motives for conflict. When only victory or defeat is informative, the less scary party may attack to show that they are … tougher than expected. If the occurrence of conflict also conveys information, the scarier party is more likely to attack. By …