as useful conflict benchmarks, they dissipate additional expected contest rents. This additional rent-dissipative toll …, contestable advantage can lead parties to optimally forego contest participation (i.e., if conflict parameters do not meet the …Take the fort, then take the city. In a two-stage, two-party contest, victory in the initial stage can provide an …

duplication of research. An increase in the intensity of competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed …