an agreement that incorporates the (unrealized) costs of delay and conflict. A laboratory experiment has been used to … on the table, but there is no conflict regardless of the degree of power asymmetry. Indeed, there is no delay in reaching … investigate the effects of power asymmetries on conflict rates in a two-stage bargaining game that is (if necessary) followed by …

Using a laboratory experiment, we behaviourally study the impact of a sudden increase in the common-pool size on within …-group conflict, i.e., the paradox of the plenty. We also consider the potential role of governance in avoiding this paradox. In the …-stage conflict. In the next stage, each group member allocates his private endowment between working or fighting for a share of the …

We study three triggers of conflict and explore their resultant emotional reactions in a laboratory experiment …. Economists suggest that the primary trigger of conflict is monetary incentives. Social psychologists suggest that conflicts are … that conflict originates from all three triggers. The three triggers differently impact the frequency of conflict, but not …

years before 7 October 2023), trying to answer the questions of whether Israelis and Palestinians perceived the conflict in …

A game-theoretic model of repeated interaction between two potential adversaries is analyzed to illustrate how conflict … players. During each period, each adversary must decide to either stage an attack or not. Conflict ensues if either player … period of tranquility. When this happens, it is as if conflict has suddenly arisen without any apparent cause or impetus …

Empirical investigation suggests that conflict is path-dependent, i.e., current conflict leads to more conflict in the … future. However, there is very little formal theory for why conflict path dependence exists. We propose a mathematical model … to explore one possible pathway to explain the persistence of conflict once it starts. In this model, there are three …