We present a model of rational and fully informed players. We show that in absence of binding agreements, in many cases, war can be avoided by transferring resources from one player into another. In most cases the rich country transfers money to the poor country. But when the military...

A decision maker (DM) may not perfectly maximize her preference over the feasible set. She may feel it is good enough to maximize her preference over a sufficiently large consideration set; or just require that her choice is sufficiently well-ranked (e.g., in the top quintile of options); or...