data on public opinion about Chechen conflict is consistent with theoretical predictions …

, we show that substituting the auction contest success function for the lottery contest success function in a conflict may … radicals. Our results demonstrate the importance of the choice of the institutions of conflict, as modeled by the contest …. -- conflict ; all-pay auction ; identity-dependent externalities ; radicalism ; extremism ; contest success function …

potential. Applications include international conflict, litigation, and elections. Even though only a peaceful agreement avoids … a loss of resources, if this loss is small enough, then any contract must assign a positive probability of conflict. We … show how the likelihood of conflict outbreak depends on the distribution of power between the agents and their information …

contest success functions and battle valuations, and the conflict network can be arbitrary. Under a set of axioms that hold … conflict networks. Furthermore, by assuming full participation, contestant-symmetric valuation, and Tullock contest success …

This paper considers a simple model of zero-sum conflict between two players (e.g., territorial dispute) in which … conflict. A small prior of fanatic commitment type induces the possibility of costly attack followed by withdrawal in …

-group competition. For this purpose, we develop an infinitely repeated rent-seeking game between two groups of different size. We first …

autonomy. If this process fails then both regions engage in a costly political conflict which can only lead to the maintenance …, even in a case in which the possibilities for an arrangement without conflict are very salient. In our experimental …

autonomy. If this process fails then both regions engage in a costly political conflict which can only lead to the maintenance …, even in a case in which the possibilities for an arrangement without conflict are very salient. In our experimental …

autonomy. If this process fails then both regions engage in a costly political conflict which can only lead to the maintenance …, even in a case in which the possibilities for an arrangement without conflict are very salient. In our experimental …

autonomy. If this process fails then both regions engage in a costly political conflict which can only lead to the maintenance …, even in a case in which the possibilities for an arrangement without conflict are very salient. …