bilateral contest games with their neighbors. Interrelatedness of contests induces complex local and global network effects. We …

We present a general model of two players contest with two types of efforts. Contrary to the classical models of … contest, where each player chooses a unique effort, and where the outcome depends on the efforts of all the players …, job promotion competitions, or sport contests. We study the general model of contest with attacks and defence and propose …

Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural … resources, and in particular oil, are an important source of civil war. Allegedly, resource rents attract rent seekers, which … source of conflict and the rentier state view which emphasizes the role of resource rents in promoting peace and stability …

protocol or a conflict to appropriate the surplus. In the cooperative negotiations, disagreement corresponds to a pro rata … which conflict will be preferred to negotiated agreements (and vice versa), and we derive welfare implications. Finally, we …

of an unbelievabld dimension broke out between Hindus and Muslims. This was not a conflict arising out of migration of … turn became a new source of conflict. There never is a set formula about the relationship between cultural diversity and … conflict. Diverse cultures merge into the mainstream partly to avoid conflicts as in the case of tribals whereas in the case of …