How does creativity play out in social conflict? Just like Mark Twain's observation about difference of opinion and … conflict. If creativity is applied to the handling of differences, the outcome might very well be a mutually beneficial …

In this chapter, we review the recent literature on conflict and appropriation. Allowing for the possibility of … conflict, which amounts to recognizing the possibility that property rights are not perfectly and costlessly enforced … technologies of conflict. A central objective of this research is to identify the effects of conflict on economic outcomes: the …

power. When parties are risk-averse, a self-enforcing peace agreement may not be feasible. The bargaining power of the …

representative within a standard war bargaining setup. I find that the specific structure of this relationship and the problems … resulting from it help overcome information asymmetries in crisis bargaining. This provides an alternative theoretic explanation …

This paper argues that the number of deaths in a conflict can be a measure of duration and demonstrates that there are … information gains to this approach. The well-known conflict database of International Peace Research Institute is compared with … the database of Center for Systemic Peace which includes data on the number of deaths in addition to length of conflict …