We study the value of commitment in contests and tournaments when there are costs for the follower to observe the … entirely in sequential and endogenous move contests, regardless of the size of the observation cost. By contrast, in …

-unit cost. In many real-world rent-seeking contests, however, these resources consist of scarce, talented individuals. We model …

thus lessen the severity of the conflict at home. However, unless the marginal return from guarding against terrorism is … security among the groups against external threats and a greater conflict between them in the domestic struggle for power. …

This paper considers the extent to which expenditure by contestants in imperfectly discriminating rent-seeking contests … contestants, we show that this effect disappears in the Nash equilibria of large contests. Similarly, strategic effects are …

In order to analyze conflict and cooperation between a State and a non ruling group in a general equilibrium, I unite … pure rent-seeking models and economic models of conflict under an assumption of incomplete property rights. I show that a … conflict driven by a collapse of the State and one- sided rebellion due to the coexistence between a strong State and a weak …