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 …

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 …

specialized enforcement technology is sufficiently effective, cooperation is best sustained by a "single enforcer punishment … following deviations by regular agent is that such actions, by reducing future cooperation, would decrease the amount of …

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

We propose a model of cycles of distrust and conflict. Overlapping generations of agents from two groups sequentially … a sequence of bad actions originated. Assuming that both sides are not extremists, spirals of distrust and conflict get … this mechanism can be useful in interpreting cycles of ethnic conflict and international war, and how it also emerges in …

, or ideological or class conflict within the elite, etc.), the result suggests a common causal mechanism for these …Why would a political elite voluntarily dilute its political power by extending the franchise? This paper develops a …