We investigate situations in which players make costly contributions as group members in a group conflict, and at the … asymmetry and complementarity in members' efforts, and analyze how each group's internal conflict influences its chance of … winning in the external conflict. We find that a more symmetric group may expend more effort in external conflict when the …

conflict. Both ideologues lose in success probability but gain in expected utility. Elimination of the mercenary increases … conflict and makes the ideologues more successful yet worse off. Our results rationalize 'imperial peace' - long periods of …

conflict. Both ideologues lose in success probability, but gain in expected utility. Elimination of the mercenary increases … conflict and makes the ideologues more successful yet worse off. Our results rationalize "imperial peace" - long periods of …

impact is non monotonous and is conditional on a) equilibrium type: conflict (rent-seeking) or peace, b) the reasons of … changes in wealth distribution, and c) the size of the ruling class, “elite”. In the conflict stage, institutional quality … conflict to peace stage (with no rent-seeking and fast growth) requires the reduction of inequality. This generates an …

We study bribing in a sequential team contest with multiple pairwise battles. We allow for asymmetries in winning … prizes and marginal costs of effort; and we characterize the conditions under which (i) a player in a team is offered a bribe … by the owner of the other team and (ii) she accepts the bribe. We show that these conditions depend on the ratios of …

We study bribing in a sequential team contest with multiple pairwise battles. We allow for asymmetries in winning … prizes and marginal costs of effort; and we characterize the conditions under which (i) a player in a team is offered a bribe … by the owner of the other team and (ii) she accepts the bribe. We show that these conditions depend on the ratios of …

and competition is called coopetition and we study it theoretically and experimentally in a group contest setup. More …