conflict and more intense fighting. …

Social conflict and slow growth are features of many developing economies. This paper considers the role institutions … of property rights and conflict management can play in both achieving prosperity and mitigating conflict in these … economies. We study how introducing conflict over economic distribution into an otherwise standard model of growth can shape …

distribution of culturally diverse groups affects the outcome. To understand why ethnic diversity affects conflict and economic …

We experimentally test the social motives behind individual participation in intergroup conflict by manipulating the … framing and symmetry of conflict. We find that behavior in conflict depends on whether one is harmed by actions perpetrated by … to do what is good for the group and contribute to the conflict. On the other hand, if people perceive to be personally …

We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption …

We conduct a field experiment on conflict in swimming pools. When all lanes are occupied, an actor joins the least …’s propensity to engage in conflict increases in scarcity (incentive effect) and decreases in the actor’s valuation (discouragement …

, with their effectiveness in curbing hostilities being greater in areas where conflict is active closer in time to the …

In this chapter, we review the recent literature on conflict and appropriation. Allowing for the possibility of … conflict, which amounts to recognizing the possibility that property rights are not perfectly and costlessly enforced … technologies of conflict. A central objective of this research is to identify the effects of conflict on economic outcomes: the …

compares conflict choices of players in two-against-two, one-against-one, and two-against-one settings. Overall, we find … evidence for a higher propensity to opt for conflict when entering the fight in a group than when having to fight as a single … coincide with a biased perception of the fighting strength in asymmetric conflict. …

conflict exposure (ACE) among Turkish conscripts. Our empirical framework identifies the causal impact and isolates the … evidence that ACE fosters parochialism, measured by increased opposition to peaceful means of conflict resolution, animosity …