Amegashie, J. Atsu; Runkel, Marco - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 56 (2012) 2, pp. 313-330
The authors consider a two-period game of conflict between two factions, which have a desire for revenge. It is shown … that, in contrast to conventional wisdom, the desire for revenge need not lead to escalation of the conflict. The subgame … the benefit of revenge reacts to the destruction suffered in the past and the more asymmetric is the conflict. The authors …