social and economic polarization and the worsening of the environmental conditions in which poor people must exist. The paper …

rent-seeking to conflict and sports. We first examine the theoretical foundations of contest functions and classify them …

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 …

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 …

costs of conflict or self-enforcement swamp the familiar gains from trade for a certain range of world prices. Finally …

identification and domestic conflict affect a nation's military capability? Models that link structural variables, power politics … identification and domestic conflict, and the nation's future war-fighting capability. We show that, when inter-state war can … reducing internal conflict by increasing investments in state capacity. In certain settings, it is only through the anticipated …

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. …

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 …