Cyber technology represents digital military capability with the purpose of causing damage to the military strength and the social infrastructure of a potential enemy. War using conventional weapons may be preceded by or combined with a war using cyber technology. This paper introduces such...

Die vorliegende Dissertation befasst sich in vier Aufsätzen mit verschiedenen Aspekten von politischen Konflikten, insbesondere Sezessions- und Stellvertreterkonflikten. In allen vier Aufsätzen benutze ich geeignete spieltheoretische Methoden um die strategischen Interaktionen der beteiligten...

Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...

Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005-14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with...

Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...

Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...

This edited volume is an outcome of the first major collaborative project between Japanese economists and political scientists, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The authors of the individual chapters show that Asian states play games of conflict and cooperation...

I study a situation where two players disagree on the division of a good. In the first of two stages, the players can divide the good peacefully between them by signing a contract. If either or both players reject the contract, they must engage in a costly contest over the good. One of the...

We study the association between resource rents and political stability, highlighting the importance of the distribution of political power as a mediating factor. We present a simple theoretical model showing that increased rents are likely to be positively associated with the stability of a...

We study the association between resource rents and political stability, highlighting the importance of the distribution of political power as a mediating factor. We present a simple theoretical model showing that increased rents are likely to be positively associated with the stability of a...

Philipp Pirmanschegg untersucht die Besonderheiten der Führungsnachfolge in Familienunternehmen. Er zeigt auf, dass dabei häufig Konflikte zutage treten, die nicht nur negativ zu betrachten sind, sondern positiv gedeutet und produktiv gemacht werden können. Anhand einer qualitativ-empirischen...

NGOs and state development -- Theorizing NGOs and the state : territoriality, governance, capacity, legitimacy -- Kenya as case study : historical portraits of NGOs and the state -- Territoriality : NGOs and the broadcasting of state power -- NGOs' role in governance : changing patterns of...

Any solution in sight to Europe's crisis? Some general thoughts from a conflict theoretical perspective / Tim Krieger -- Could exit rules be self-enforcing in the EU? The cases of France and Germany / Robert Kappius and Bernhard Neumärker -- Debt restructuring in times of crisis : a European...