We study the role of inter-group differences in the emergence of conflict. In our setting, two groups compete for the …, that the opposition can either accept, or reject and wage conflict. Expropriating a large share of resources increases … of conflict. In equilibrium, allocations are non-monotonic in the cost of mobility. Moreover, limited commitment with …

conflict and more intense fighting. …

-contractible up-front investments to improve their bargaining position and gain advantage for possible future conflict. Bargaining is … efficient ex post, but we show that a player may prefer Conflict ex ante if there are sufficient asymmetries in strength. There … are two sources of this finding. First, up-front investments are more dissimilar between players under Conflict, and they …

transactions. While it involves updating the ledger through a decentralized consensus on the unique truth, the robustness of the … equilibrium that supports this consensus depends on who has access to the ledger and how it can be updated. To find the optimal … decentralization, security (i.e. a robust consensus), and scale (the efficient volume of transactions). Using a global game analysis of …

We propose the concept of level r consensus as a useful property of a preference profile which considerably enhances … the stability of social choice. This concept involves a weakening of unanimity, the most extreme form of consensus. It is … shown that if a preference profile exhibits level r consensus around a given preference relation, the associated majority …

on the technologies of conflict within each battlefield and the nature of economies or diseconomies in how battlefield … out-comes and costs aggregate in determining payoffs in the overall conflict. …