We examine the effect of inter-group fiscal competition on within-group violent conflict. Using a triple difference … that higher competition between villages reduces conflict but only up to moderate levels of competition. The conflict …-reducing effects of competition are largest in the most ethnically fractionalized and segregated villages and exist regardless of the …

We examine the effect of inter-group fiscal competition on within-group violent conflict. Using a triple difference … that higher competition between villages reduces conflict but only up to moderate levels of competition. The conflict …-reducing effects of competition are largest in the most ethnically fractionalized and segregated villages and exist regardless of the …

are taken as units of analysis in a multi-level competition framework inspired by Marx’s critique of the ‘abstract man … contribution and, as a consequence, freeentry and competition do not necessarily wipe it out …

Turf wars commonly occur in environments where competition undermines collaboration. We develop a game theoretic model … joint production but introduces competition for the reward. We find that collaboration has a non-monotonic relationship with …

institutional framework, competition within markets is mainly characterized by peaceful and conflict-free rivalry between actors …. This view, however, ignores the possibility that competition itself may very well trigger conflict rather than having an … appeasing effect. In this case, competition appears to be a "struggle-type" game in which competitors invest in conflict …