This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral opponents … option of choosing a second instrument to affect the outcome of the conflict. The second instrument is assumed to capture a … complex bundle of Conflict Management Procedures (CMPs). Through comparative statics, different scenarios are studied. A …

I study information disclosure as a means to create conflict. A sender has information about two parties' relative …

of a mediation process is affected by two factors: the relative degree of conflict and the incentives to misrepresent …One of the most important and disputed questions within the fields of international relations and conflict studies …—or should mediators always be impartial? This paper contributes to this debate by studying the effectiveness of mediation with …

principal needs to rely on the agents' claims when choosing between the alternatives, she needs to decide how conflict between … the alternatives is resolved. This resolution can be either asymmetric, in which case conflict is always resolved in favor … information and more motivated to generate good ideas, further increasing his influence. As long as incentive contracting is …

Despite the widespread use of mediation and other dispute resolution processes in the United States today, many members … dispute resolution provisions still lack a fundamental grasp of the process choices available to contracting parties. More … conflict management options, tend to be less well informed than colleagues in what are traditionally know as litigation …