that affect conflict, including measures of trade and democracy. …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 …

report about an experiment with 508 participants designed to test whether this fundamental trade-off is actually relevant. In …

in an experiment where actions are strategic substitutes. The game theoretic basis for our experiment is the model of …

direction, we have conducted a laboratory experiment with 490 participants. We consider "cooperative" investments that directly …

cornerstone of contract theory. We have conducted an experiment with 720 participants to explore whether the theoretical insights …

the intensity of a conflict. The model combines elements from network theory and from the politico-economic theory of … conflict. We postulate a Tullock contest success function augmented by an externality: each group’s strength is increased by … efforts. We then perform an empirical analysis using data on the Second Congo War, a conflict that involves many groups in a …

Conventional wisdom in economic history suggests that conflict between countries can be enormously disruptive of … economic activity, especially international trade. Yet nothing is known empirically about these effects in large samples. We … study the effects of war on bilateral trade for almost all countries with available data extending back to 1870. Using the …

This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between civil wars and international trade. We first show that trade … destruction due to civil wars is very large and persistent and increases with the severity of the conflict. We then test the … presence of two effects that trade can have on the risk of civil conflicts: it may act as a deterrent if trade gains are put at …