commitment of donors must not be in doubt. For these conditions to be in place, conflict resolution must be in donors' interests …

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two rational and risk-neutral opponents conflict in … order to appropriate a positive fraction of a stake. This paper is intended to extend the literature on conflict dealing …

The Hirshleifer model of conflict is used to argue that without voluntary action to increase human security, the state … may have extensive opportunities and incentives to increase the risk of conflict in the many poor countries where central … in the ‘likelihood of conflict' sea. That energy, which is harmless and even potentially useful, can become dangerous …

across the targets. -- Colonel Blotto ; conflict resolution ; weakest-link ; best-shot ; multi-dimensional resource …

We model simultaneous inter and within identity-group conflict in two territories connected by cross-territorial spill … higher efficiency of a group in inter-group conflict. We find that inter-group and total conflict move together within a … territory, while within-group conflict and output move in the opposite direction. A unilateral increase in cross-border spill …

In recent debates, morality or social norms have been proposed as an instrument to reduce conflict behavior. As the … question in the framework of contest theory, we find that if morality can discriminate between appropriation and defense, it is … discriminate between these different conflict efforts, strategic effects due to a one-sided increase in morality might actually …