potential. Applications include international conflict, litigation, and elections. Even though only a peaceful agreement avoids … a loss of resources, if this loss is small enough, then any contract must assign a positive probability of conflict. We … show how the likelihood of conflict outbreak depends on the distribution of power between the agents and their information …

Within the puzzle of why conflict persists in natural resource rich countries, and why in the critical case of the DRC … ‘conflict economy’, including ‘coping’, ‘conflict’ and ‘shadow’ economy actors, can shape the dynamics of conflict and conflict … low volume gold determine how effectively ‘conflict minerals’ trade control measures could be implemented, which the …

There is growing evidence that ethnic divisions and conflict experience affect social capital and economic interactions … salience of election conflict. Our findings suggest electoral violence does not necessarily lead to changes in behavior between …

Civilians who have fled violent conflict and settled in neighboring countries are integral to processes of civil war … critical phases of conflict termination - a ceasefire and a peace agreement. We test the malleability of refugees' attitudes to …