When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against … the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict …. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and rents are sizeable. Open conflict is predicted to emerge under …

We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict … altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …

over a two-state solution to the conflict as well as the organizational structures of the factions. -- Intifada ; terrorism … ; conflict resolution ; bargaining ; violence … over a two-state solution to the conflict as well as the organizational structures of the factions. -- …

This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or … killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with periods of high levels of violence and periods of relative calm …

partly spills over into the next period, by affecting relative conflict efficiency. Our model generates non …-monotone evolution of both conflict and distribution. Results suggest that external interventions, when effective in reducing current … conflict and protecting weaker groups, may end up sowing the seeds of greater future conflict. …

-2006 during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is characterized by a system of mobility restrictions enforced through …