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Divide and Conquer: Noisy Communication in Networks, Power, and Wealth Distribution

Perez, Wilson - 2004

In a society composed of a ruler and its citizens: what are the determinants of the political equilibrium between these two? This paper approaches this problem as a game played between a ruler who has to decide the distribution of the aggregate income and a group of agents/citizens who have the...

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National borders, conflict and peace

Spolaore, Enrico - 2009

framework where populations fight over borders and resources, and may form non-aggression pacts, military alliances, and …

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Information alliances in contests with budget limits

Konrad, Kai A. - 2010

We study the role of information exchange through alliances in a framework with contestants who have binding budget … for the Bayesian Nash equilibrium. Then we consider the role of information exchange through alliances. Contestants learn … alliance. Also, a merger between alliances is beneficial for their members. Further, we consider merger between alliances and …

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Strategic aspects of fighting in alliances

Konrad, Kai A. - 2011

This paper surveys some of the strategic aspects that emerge if players fight in an alliance against an enemy. The survey includes the free-rider problem and the hold-up problem that emerges in the baseline model, the role of supermodularity in alliance members' effort contributions, the role of...

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Networks of Military Alliances, Wars, and International Trade

Jackson, Matthew O.; Nei, Stephen - 2014

We investigate the role of networks of military alliances in preventing or encouraging wars between groups of countries …, we show that there do not exist any networks that are stable against the addition and deletion of alliances. We then show … that economic benefits from international trade can provide incentives to form alliances in ways that restore stability and …

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Mining for Peace

Hodler, Roland; Schaudt, Paul; Vesperoni, Alberto - 2023

The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in three steps: First, we propose a theoretical model to...

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The Texas shoot-out under Knightian Uncertainty

Bauch, Gerrit; Riedel, Frank - 2022

The allocation of a co-owned company to a single owner using the Texas Shoot-Out mechanism with private valuations is investigated. We identify Knightian Uncertainty about the peer's distribution as the reason for its deterrent effect of an immature dissolving. Modeling uncertainty by a compact...

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Voluntary disclosure in asymmetric contests

Ewerhart, Christian; Lareida, Julia - 2023

This paper studies the incentives for interim voluntary disclosure of verifiable information in probabilistic all-pay contests with two-sided incomplete information. Private information may concern marginal cost, valuations, and ability. Our main result says that, if the contest is uniformly...

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Brinster, Leonhard - In: SN Business & Economics 1 (2021) 10

analyzes the role of different types of prior ties between companies. The research distinguishes related alliances into direct … and indirect alliances. Related alliances provide access to more information and can reduce transaction costs. The … to private information, and certification through related alliances. However, in contrast to other studies, this study …

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Democracy, Autocracy and the Likelihood of International Conflict

Tangerås, Thomas - 2008

This is a game-theoretic analysis of the link between regime type and international conflict. The democratic electorate can credibly punish the leader for bad conflict outcomes, whereas the autocratic selectorate cannot. For the fear of being thrown out of office, democratic leaders are (i) more...

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