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Civil wars and conflict can be understood from an economic point of view only if there is incomplete contracting. I … civil wars and emphasize the role hierarchical organization and rents play in determining the severity of conflict. …
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I examine the determinants of conflict and settlement by embedding probabilistic contests in a bargaining framework … real, economic effects. I then analyze some sources of conflict. I emphasize long-term, strategic considerations by …
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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 …
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In many instances of potential violent or non-violent conflict, the future strategic positions of adversaries are very … different when there is open conflict than when there is settlement. Then, we show that as the future becomes more important …, open conflict becomes more likely than settlement. We discuss the applicability of this finding in war, litigation, and …
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I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized … of organized conflict and violence are aggregated. …
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costs of conflict or self-enforcement swamp the familiar gains from trade for a certain range of world prices. Finally …
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conflict, we find that income levels unambiguously increase the chance of peace. Among other issues, we discuss the critical …
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rent-seeking to conflict and sports. We first examine the theoretical foundations of contest functions and classify them …
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We construct a model of conflict and trade to study the consequences of interstate disputes over contested resources … comparative advantage in the absence of conflict. And, where such conflict is present, comparisons of autarkic prices to world …
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static contest model, in which two sides choose levels of arming and whether to engage in actual conflict or settle in the … shadow of conflict. We show how arming critically depends on both governance and norms, and therefore how societies with …
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