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A simple model of conflict
Ille, Sebastian - 2013
conflict, leading to a low probability of a successful turn-over. The normative and conventional framework, in which players … model to predict the existence of two stable equilibria; one with a high rate of conflict, and another in which no conflict … influence the equilibria's basin of attraction, i.e. the likelihood of a transition and hence the probability of a conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009702311
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A Simple Model of Conflict
Ille, Sebastian - 2013
conflict, leading to a low probability of a successful turn-over. The normative and conventional framework, in which players … model to predict the existence of two stable equilibria; one with a high rate of conflict, and another in which no conflict … influence the equilibria's basin of attraction, i.e. the likelihood of a transition and hence the probability of a conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080915
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Strategic behavior in IEAs : when and why countries joined the Kyoto Protocol
Almer, Christian Alexander; Winkler, Ralph - 2010 - This version: November 2010
We empirically analyze the formation of international environmental agreements within a political economy framework. We develop a theoretical model of state dependent net benefits of ratification predicting (i) strategic behavior with respect to the timing of ratification and (ii) that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008760468
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Weighted-Average Least Squares Estimation of Generalized Linear Models
De Luca, Giuseppe - 2017
The weighted-average least squares (WALS) approach, introduced by Magnus et al. (2010) in the context of Gaussian linear models, has been shown to enjoy important advantages over other strictly Bayesian and strictly frequentist model averaging estimators when accounting for problems of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962156
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Scalp-Taking
Piano, Ennio Emanuele - 2019
At their arrival in North America, travelers from the Old Continent were exposed to a radically different civilization. Among the many practices that captured their imagination was scalp-taking. During battle, the Native American warrior would often stop after having killed or subdued the enemy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899006
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Microjustice
Barendrecht, Maurits; van Nispen, Patricia - 2009
In this essay, we introduce the concept of Microjustice as an approach to tackle the problem of access to justice for those with limited resources. In addition to existing perspectives, we propose to analyze the justice sector as a 'market' with its corresponding chain of supply and a demand....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223294
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Magna Carta
Desierto, Desiree; Hall, Jacob; Koyama, Mark - 2023
Magna Carta, a pivotal moment in the emergence of constitutional government, institutionalised constraints on royal power. We depict it as an optimal agreement between two coalitions capable of violence: the king's loyal coalition of barons and the rebel barons. This type of agreement is more...
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Learning from Schelling's Strategie of Conflict
Myerson, Roger B. - In: Journal of economic literature 47 (2009) 4, pp. 1109-1125
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Arab-uprising: an analysis from political economy perspective
Pramanik, Ataul Huq - In: Humanomics 30 (2014) 1, pp. 59-75
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A simple model of conflicting horizons
Blomberg, Stephen Brock - 1994
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