I develop a model of group decision-making, in which a committee generates proposals and holds open discussions, but … the ultimate decision is either taken by a leader (decision by authority) or by majority vote. Optimal communication … that by favouring one particular agent — the leader — authoritative decision-making reduces rent-seeking discussions and …

The phenomenon of choice shifts in group decision-making is fairly ubiquitous in the social psychology literature …. Faced with a choice between a ‘safe’ and ‘risky’ decision, group members appear to move to one extreme or the other … situations. This Paper demonstrates that from an individual decision-making perspective, choice shifts may be viewed as a …

We present a detailed, high-frequency dataset on the civil conflict in Colombia during the period 1988-2002. We briefly … pattern over time of conflict actions and intensity for all sides involved in the confrontation. We also describe the pattern …

is the possible result of a conflict between multinational firms and local or national governments. The Paper compares …

In this paper, we analyse the scope for conflict between national merger control agencies that assert jurisdictions … explicitly specified. We find that conflict in international merger control is less likely to occur when economic integration is … high. Hence, ‘globalization’ should alleviate rather than exacerbate conflict. In addition, we observe that conflict is …

We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a … positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and … that affect conflict, including measures of trade and democracy. …

Conventional wisdom in economic history suggests that conflict between countries can be enormously disruptive of …