-divisional contests. Second, competition in the intra-divisional contest is less fierce. Both effects induce a higher marginal utility of …

-divisional contests. Second, competition in the intra-divisional contest is fiercer. Both effects lower the marginal utility of effort …

-divisional contests. Second, competition in the intradivisional contest is less fierce. Both effects induce a higher marginal utility of …

-divisional contests. Second, competition in the intradivisional contest is less fierce. Both effects induce a higher marginal utility of …

compares conflict choices of players in two-against-two, one-against-one, and two-against-one settings. Overall, we find … evidence for a higher propensity to opt for conflict when entering the fight in a group than when having to fight as a single … coincide with a biased perception of the fighting strength in asymmetric conflict. …

We examine a rent-seeking contest by teams, where team members can sabotage their teammates. In this setting, the … effective effort (the effort level discounted by the sabotaged level) determines a team's winning probability and the shares of … interestingly interpreted from the team managers' viewpoint …

We study how conflict in contest games is influenced by rival parties being groups and by group members being able to … punish each other. Our motivation stems from the analysis of socio-political conflict. The theoretical prediction is that … conflict expenditures are independent of group size and of whether punishment is available or not. We find, first, that …