conflict exposure (ACE) among Turkish conscripts. Our empirical framework identifies the causal impact and isolates the … evidence that ACE fosters parochialism, measured by increased opposition to peaceful means of conflict resolution, animosity …

We study the effect of divisions within the elite on the probability of internal conflict in the Papal States between … the time of the election. We exploit this variation to analyze the causal effect of a divided conclave on conflict. We … find that an increase of one standard deviation in our measure of polarization raised the likelihood of internal conflict …

of cooperation. -- Reputation building ; strong reciprocity ; conditional cooperation ; strategic cooperation …We use a novel experimental design to disentangle strategically- and non-strategically-motivated cooperation. By using … with two different subject pools indicate that the most common motive for cooperation in repeated games is strategic and …

conflict. We model conflict using an inter-group Tullock contest, and measure its effects upon cooperation using a multi …-level public good game. We demonstrate that conflict increases cooperation within groups, while decreasing cooperation between …We study cooperation within and between groups in the laboratory, comparing treatments in which two groups have …

We model a contest between two groups of equal population size over the division of a group-specific public good. Each …-group population. Any unilateral increase in fragmentation within a group reduces conflict and makes its opponent better off. The …

Previous studies have documented a positive association between election fraud and the intensity of civil conflict. It …-election casualties, which is consistent with the hypothesis that election fraud causes conflict. We conduct several robustness tests and …

We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict … altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …