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On the escalation and de-escalation of conflict

Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; Reuben, Ernesto; … - 2013

We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict behavior and repeated interaction on the allocation of effort between production and appropriation. Without repeated interaction, destruction of resources by defeated...

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Government and cities : contests and the decentralization of decision making

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002

's support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and compare the implications of a centralized allocation process with a …

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A model of dynamic conflict in ethnocracies

Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2015

We model an infinitely repeated Tullock contest, over the sharing of some given resource, between two ethnic groups. The resource is allocated by a composite state institution according to relative ethnic control; hence the ethnic groups contest the extent of institutional ethnic bias. The...

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A subscription vs. appropriation framework for natural resource conflicts

Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2020

We examine how cross-community cost or benefit spillovers, arising from the consumption of group-specific public goods, affect both inter-group conflicts over the appropriation of such goods and decentralized private provision for their production. Our model integrates production versus...

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Let's (not) escalate this! : leadership and communication in a group contest

Heine, Florian; Riedl, Arno - 2025

Economic and social situations where groups have to compete are ubiquitous. Such group contests create both a …, little is known about the effect of leadership in group contests. We conduct a group contest experiment, comparing two types …-investment problem in group contests. …

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On the relative sequencing of internal and external rent-seeking contests

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Gupta, Dhritiman - 2024

We consider rent-seeking contests between and within two equal-sized groups. Each group adopts one of three sequences …: first internal then external contest, first external then internal contest, and simultaneous internal and external contests …-seeking expenditure and expected utilities. Rent-seeking is maximum when both internal contests either precede, or occur simultaneously …

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Internal versus external rent-seeking with in-group inequality and public good provision

Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2021

two contests. They subsequently decide how to allocate their remaining wealth and rental income between private …

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A rent-seeking perspective on imperial peace

Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2024

We model a rent-seeking contest among two "identity ideologues", differentially located along a uni-dimensional identity continuum, and a "mercenary", who can choose any location in-between. The contest jointly awards an identity-relevant good ("religion") and an identity-irrelevant good...

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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017

hierarchical contests and comparing the implications of centralized with decentralized governance. Increasing information available …

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Political networks across the globe

Commander, Simon; Poupakis, Stavros - 2020

Political networks are an important feature of the political and economic landscape of countries. Despite their ubiquity and significance, information on such networks has proven hard to collect due to a pervasive lack of transparency. However, with the advent of big data and artificial...

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