conflict game preceded by a prisoner’s dilemma. Our data are consistent with parochial altruism, but cannot be explained by in …

incompleteness between groups becomes more serious, the players devote fewer resources to the intra-group conflict. Moreover, there …

, R&D contests, electoral competition in political markets, military conflict and sports. I survey here this type of …Competition in which goods or rents are allocated as a function of the various efforts expended by players in trying to … competition which is sometimes called contest or tournament. I focus on the role of its various design aspects, such as prize …

I study a two-period model of conflict with two combatants and a third party who is an ally of one of the combatants …. There exist perfect Bayesian equilibria in which the third party’s intervention worsens the conflict by energizing her ally … to withdraw from or stay in the conflict is based on her prior beliefs and not on the current conditions of the conflict …

I study a two-period model of conflict with two combatants and a third party who is an ally of one of the combatants …. There exist perfect Bayesian equilibria in which the third party’s intervention worsens the conflict by energizing her ally … to withdraw from or stay in the conflict is based on her prior beliefs and not on the current conditions of the conflict …

can reverse a country's apparent comparative advantage relative to its comparative advantage in the absence of conflict …. And, where such conflict is present, comparisons of autarkic prices to world prices could be inaccurate predictors of …

groups (either peaceful compromise or costly conflict) and the outcome of these interactions. Group members may choose … choice of leader, and that this may result in increased conflict between groups. …

such as race, gender, or ethnicity is much less acceptable. Why? I develop a simple rent-seeking model of conflict which is …

exists a non-monotonic relationship between the level of underlying rivalry and the level of social conflict. …