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

One of the most important and disputed questions within the fields of international relations and conflict studies … of a mediation process is affected by two factors: the relative degree of conflict and the incentives to misrepresent … is a sufficiently low likelihood of a misrepresentation problem. If in addition, the relative degree of conflict is low …

We consider a variant of the Tullock rent-seeking contest. Under symmetric information we determine equilibrium … the distribution costs are drawn from and on the exact specification of the contest success function. …

contest. In both cases, when decisions to share information are made independently, sharing information is strictly dominated …

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 …

nations, as in a strategic game of international conflict handing over military spending decisions to citizens who face a …

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two rational and risk-neutral opponents conflict in … order to appropriate a positive fraction of a stake. This paper is intended to extend the literature on conflict dealing … modification of the Contest Success Function (CSF) which is commonly used as cornerstone of both rent-seeking and contest models …

In recent debates, morality or social norms have been proposed as an instrument to reduce conflict behavior. As the … question in the framework of contest theory, we find that if morality can discriminate between appropriation and defense, it is … discriminate between these different conflict efforts, strategic effects due to a one-sided increase in morality might actually …