We experimentally test the social motives behind individual participation in intergroup conflict by manipulating the … framing and symmetry of conflict. We find that behavior in conflict depends on whether one is harmed by actions perpetrated by … to do what is good for the group and contribute to the conflict. On the other hand, if people perceive to be personally …

altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict …

-makers form, and what determines whether a conflict will arise? We study a network formation game between ex-ante symmetric … players in the laboratory to examine the dynamics of alliance formation and conflict evolution. A peaceful equilibrium yields …

Throughout history, victory in conflict has created fearsome reputations. With it, the victor ensures greater … motives for conflict. When only victory or defeat is informative, the less scary party may attack to show that they are … tougher than expected. If the occurrence of conflict also conveys information, the scarier party is more likely to attack. By …

I study information disclosure as a means to create conflict. A sender has information about two parties' relative …

compares conflict choices of players in two-against-two, one-against-one, and two-against-one settings. Overall, we find … evidence for a higher propensity to opt for conflict when entering the fight in a group than when having to fight as a single … coincide with a biased perception of the fighting strength in asymmetric conflict. …

conflict exposure (ACE) among Turkish conscripts. Our empirical framework identifies the causal impact and isolates the … evidence that ACE fosters parochialism, measured by increased opposition to peaceful means of conflict resolution, animosity …

comparative advantage leads to gains from trade. If political conflict leads to a diminution of trade, then at least a portion of … the costs of conflict can be measured by a nation's lost gains from trade. The greater two nations' gains from trade the … more costly is bilateral (dyadic) conflict. This notion forms the basis of Baron de Montesquieu's assertion regarding …

We investigate situations in which players make costly contributions as group members in a group conflict, and at the … asymmetry and complementarity in members'efforts, and analyze how each group's internal conflict in-fluences its chance of … winning in the external conflict. We find that a more symmetric group may expend more effort in external conflict when the …