Victorious alliances often fight about the spoils of war. This paper presents an experiment on the determinants of … internal fight reduces the alliance’s ability to succeed against the outside enemy. Second, the option to make non …-binding declarations on non-aggression in the relationship between alliance members does not make peaceful settlement within the alliance …

Victorious alliances often fight about the spoils of war. This paper presents an experiment on the determinants of … internal fight reduces the alliance's ability to succeed against the outside enemy. Second, the option to make non …-binding declarations on non-aggression in the relationship between alliance members does not make peaceful settlement within the alliance …

; however, this subsequent internal conflict does not discourage alliance members from expending much effort in the contest … repeated interaction, direct contact or communication, free-riding among alliance members is far less pronounced than what … outside enemy, ‘brothers in arms’ may already anticipate future internal conflict about dividing the spoils of winning …

such as race, gender, or ethnicity is much less acceptable. Why? I develop a simple rent-seeking model of conflict which is …

, we show that substituting the auction contest success function for the lottery contest success function in a conflict may … radicals. Our results demonstrate the importance of the choice of the institutions of conflict, as modeled by the contest …

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 …

We investigate situations in which players make costly contributions as group members in a group conflict, and at the … same time engage in contest with fellow group members to appropriate the possible reward. We introduce within group power … asymmetry and complementarity in members' efforts, and analyze how each group's internal conflict influences its chance of …

This paper presents a unique historical experiment to explore the dynamics of institutional change in the Middle Ages …

, we show that substituting the auction contest success function for the lottery contest success function in a conflict may … radicals. Our results demonstrate the importance of the choice of the institutions of conflict, as modeled by the contest …