), but could render the eruption of war between member and non-member countries more likely (peace diversion). This paper is …-stage game with three competing importers, where fi rst, two of the countries decide on whether to initiate war against each … other, and subsequently, all three countries select their import tariffs. We show that PTAs produce both a "peace …

conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the …We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where … review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future …

We present a version of Baliga and Sjöström’s (2012a) conflict games with two asymmetric players. The players …

nothing if it loses. We study a model of war with such an asymmetric payoff structure, and private information about military … win the war unless its expected military technology is considerably worse. Our model may thus explain why defending …

income. We explain this process of democratization as a rational way for incumbent elites to wage war effectively on other … nations, as in a strategic game of international conflict handing over military spending decisions to citizens who face a …

conflict is about rival goods, more similar groups are more likely to engage in war with each other. We formalize these ideas …In this paper we present a conceptual framework linking cultural heterogeneity to inter-group conflict. When conflict …

In many situations there is a potential for conflict both within and between groups. Examples include wars and civil … wars and distributional conflict in multitiered organizations like federal states or big companies. This paper models such … situations with a logistic technology of conflict. If individuals decide simultaneously and independently about the amount of …

This study examines the causal joint effect of a new political regime and war against Iraq on life expectancy of … Iranians for the period 1978–1988 during the revolution and war. I use a synthetic control approach to construct a synthetic … evolution of the factual Iranian life expectancy during the post-revolution period through the end of the war. I find a sizable …

the probability of military conflict and for the simultaneous determination of trade and peace. …We investigate the effect of trade integration on interstate military conflict. Our empirical analysis, based on a … interdependence significantly promotes peace. It also suggests that the peace-promotion effect of bilateral trade integration is …

This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper (a) provides a summary of ideas … political unions; and (c) discusses extensions and directions for further research. -- wars ; alliances ; conflict technology …"This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper provides a summary of ideas and …