Kilgour, D. Marc; Zagare, Frank C. - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 24 (2007) 1, pp. 65-82
This report uses a generic two-stage escalation model to ask whether and when limited conflicts can occur. There are two players in the model: Challenger and Defender. Challenger can either initiate a conflict or not. If Challenger initiates, Defender can concede, respond-in-kind, or escalate....