-link structure. We test the implications of our model in a laboratory experiment. -- cooperation ; conflict, defence ; signaling … observe surprisingly high levels of cooperation and altruism within groups in conflict situations such as civil wars. We …

observe surprisingly high levels of cooperation and altruism within groups in conflict situations such as civil wars. We …

study the impact of different time horizons on cooperation in (quasi) continuous time prisoner's dilemmas. We find that … cooperation levels are similar or higher when the horizon is deterministic rather than stochastic. Moreover, a deterministic … deterministic horizon subjects show high initial cooperation and a strong end-of-period reversal to defection. Moreover, they do not …

observe surprisingly high levels of within - group cooperation in conflict situations such as civil wars. We provide an … model from cooperation in defence to cooperative and altruistic behavior in general …

groups but where entrepreneurs have a desire for cooperation and peace. We assert that it is members of the elites who start … the circumstances. We derive implications for peace and conflict. We find conflict induced poverty traps with self …-fulfilling expectations about conflict and we derive implications for peace building strategies. …

groups but where entrepreneurs have a desire for cooperation and peace. We assert that it is members of the elites who start … the circumstances. We derive implications for peace and conflict. We find conflict induced poverty traps with self …-fulfilling expectations about conflict and we derive implications for peace building strategies. -- Conflict ; investments ; trust …

We experimentally test the social motives behind individual participation in intergroup conflict by manipulating the … framing and symmetry of conflict. We find that behavior in conflict depends on whether one is harmed by actions perpetrated by … to do what is good for the group and contribute to the conflict. On the other hand, if people perceive to be personally …

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