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Multi-Stage Contests with Stochastic Ability
Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
earn a positive expected payoff from participating in the contest, which may explain why they participate. We also show … ability dispersion selects such players into the contest and favors them in elimination contests. …
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Delay in Contests
Bester, Helmut; Konrad, Kai A. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
explain delay. For a given contest technology, delay may occur if there is an asymmetry between defense and attack, if the …
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Multi-Battle Contests
Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
contests. Players may win a prize for winning each component contest, as well as a prize for winning the overall race. Each … component contest is an all-pay auction with complete information. We characterize the unique equilibrium analytically and …
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Adversarial and Inquisitorial Procedures in Arbitration
Shin, Hyun Song - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
Should arbitrators adjudicate on the basis of their own investigations, or invite the interested parties to make their cases and decide on the basis of the information so gathered? I call the former the inquisitorial procedure in arbitration and the latter the adversarial procedure. I conduct a...
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Foreign Aid Designed to Diminish Terrorist Atrocities can Increase Them
Mandler, Michael; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
A domestic power faces an enemy and commits terrorist atrocities to increase the likelihood of victory. A foreign patron can grant aid to the power but prefers fewer or no atrocities. The domestic power responds by acquiescing in the creation of uncontrollable paramilitaries that commit even...
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On the Strategic Disclosure of Feasible Options in Bargaining
de Clippel, Geoffroy; Eliaz, Kfir - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Most of the economic literature on bargaining has focused on situations where the set of possible outcomes is taken as given. This paper is concerned with situations where decision-makers first need to identify the set of feasible outcomes before they bargain over which of them is selected. Our...
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Israel, the Palestinian Factions and the Cycle of Violence
Jaeger, David A; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
over a two-state solution to the conflict as well as the organizational structures of the factions. …
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Collateral Damage: Trade Disruption and the Economic Impact of War
Glick, Reuven; Taylor, Alan M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Conventional wisdom in economic history suggests that conflict between countries can be enormously disruptive of …
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Distributional Conflict in Organisations
Inderst, Roman; Mueller, Holger M; Wärneryd, Karl - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
single-tier organizations, even though they offer more scope for organizational conflict and have more executives that can be … influenced. These benefits derive from two effects. First, part of the conflict in multi-divisional organizations takes place on …
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When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia
Chacón, Mario; Robinson, James A; Torvik, Ragnar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
group is dominant. We provide a test of a key aspect of our model using data from La Violencia, a political conflict in …
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