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Autocratic rule in ethnically-diverse societies
Amegashie, J. Atsu - In: Economics Bulletin 28 (2008) 10, pp. 0-0
An autocrat who is politically insecure may not invest in income-enhancing goods like education, roads, the rule of law, etc. The novelty of this paper is to argue that ethnic diversity and discrimination exacerbate an autocrat's fear of the negative effect of high income or income-enhancing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468781
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Autocratic rule in ethnically-diverse societies
Amegashie, J. Atsu - In: Economics Bulletin 28 (2008) 10, pp. 0-0
An autocrat who is politically insecure may not invest in income-enhancing goods like education, roads, the rule of law, etc. The novelty of this paper is to argue that ethnic diversity and discrimination exacerbate an autocrat's fear of the negative effect of high income or income-enhancing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629812
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American Idol: should it be a singing contest or a popularity contest?
Amegashie, J. Atsu - In: Economics Bulletin 28 (2007) 16, pp. 0-0
In the popular FOX TV reality show, American Idol, the judges, who are presumably experts in evaluating singing effort, have no voting power when the field is narrowed to the top twenty-four contestants. It is only the votes of viewers that count. In the 2007 season of the show, one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010836156
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American Idol: should it be a singing contest or a popularity contest?
Amegashie, J. Atsu - In: Economics Bulletin 28 (2007) 16, pp. 0-0
In the popular FOX TV reality show, American Idol, the judges, who are presumably experts in evaluating singing effort, have no voting power when the field is narrowed to the top twenty-four contestants. It is only the votes of viewers that count. In the 2007 season of the show, one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468784
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Regime spoiler or regime pawn: the military and distributional conflict in non-democracies
Amegashie, J. Atsu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
I consider a model in which an autocrat can be removed from power either through a military coup or a revolution by the citizens. In the event of a revolt by the citizens, the military may choose to support the autocrat to crush the revolt or play a passive role. The autocrat determines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108251
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The paradoxes of revenge in conflicts
Amegashie, J. Atsu; Runkel, Marco - 2008
We consider a differential game of a conflict between two factions who both have a desire to exact revenge. We show …-Palestinian conflict. We also discuss the implications of revenge-dependent preferences for welfare economics and their strategic value as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264332
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Socially-tolerable discrimination
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2008
such as race, gender, or ethnicity is much less acceptable. Why? I develop a simple rent-seeking model of conflict which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264357
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Third-party intervention in conflicts and the indirect samaritan's dilemma
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2009
I study a two-period model of conflict with two combatants and a third party who is an ally of one of the combatants …. There exist perfect Bayesian equilibria in which the third party's intervention worsens the conflict by energizing her ally … to withdraw from or stay in the conflict is based on her prior beliefs and not on the current conditions of the conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270600
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The desire for revenge and the dynamics of conflicts
Amegashie, J. Atsu (contributor); Runkel, Marco (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636777
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Third-party intervention in conflicts and the indirect Samaritan's dilemma
Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003918816