Leeson, Peter T.; Smith, Daniel J.; Snow, Nicholas A. - In: Revue d'économie politique 122 (2012) 2, pp. 213-231
This paper analyzes hooligans: rival football fans bent on brawling. It develops a simple theory of hooligans as rational agents. We model hooligans as persons who derive utility from conflict. Legal penalties for conflicting with non-hooligans drive hooligans to form a kind of ?fight club?...