We formulate a model to explain why the lack of political competition may stifle economic performance and use the … political competition have quantitatively important effects on state income growth, state policies, and quality of Governors. By … our bottom-line estimate, the increase in political competition triggered by the Voting Rights Act raised long-run per …

Studies presented the importance of conflict costs. Cultural diversity adds more complexity to working groups …, fostering conflict. The aim of this research is to investigate how cultural diversity affects conflict costs, measured in terms … and 185 respondents for culturally diverse conflict situations. The differences between the two groups are explored by …

One possible solution to mitigate the negative influences of conflict which has been proposed in the literature is to … increasing an individual's social capital will lead her to reduce her conflict effort, whereas increasing her human capital can … induce her to increase her conflict effort. We then analyze which conditions need to be present to induce the individuals to …

conflict models. They follow from incorporating positional dynamics into the standard static approach. Such positional dynamics … are relevant for competition in battlefields, politics, and market places. …