We study three triggers of conflict and explore their resultant emotional reactions in a laboratory experiment …. Economists suggest that the primary trigger of conflict is monetary incentives. Social psychologists suggest that conflicts are … that conflict originates from all three triggers. The three triggers differently impact the frequency of conflict, but not …

We conduct a field experiment on conflict in swimming pools. When all lanes are occupied, an actor joins the least …’s propensity to engage in conflict increases in scarcity (incentive effect) and decreases in the actor’s valuation (discouragement …