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Friends and Enemies: A Model of Signed Network Formation

Hiller, Timo - School of Economics, Finance and Management, University … - 2012

I propose a game of signed network formation, where agents make friends to coerce payoffs from enemies with fewer friends. The model accounts for the interplay between friendship and enmity. Nash equilibrium configurations are such that, either everyone is friends with everyone, or agents can be...

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Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa

König, Michael; Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective how a network of military alliances and enmities affects … complex network of informal alliances and rivalries. We estimate the fighting externalities, and use these to infer the extent …

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Information alliances in contests with budget limits

Konrad, Kai A. - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2010

We study the role of information exchange through alliances in a framework with contestants who have binding budget … for the Bayesian Nash equilibrium. Then we consider the role of information exchange through alliances. Contestants learn … alliance. Also, a merger between alliances is beneficial for their members. Further, we consider merger between alliances and …

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Strategic aspects of fighting in alliances

Konrad, Kai A. - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2011

This paper surveys some of the strategic aspects that emerge if players fight in an alliance against an enemy. The survey includes the free-rider problem and the hold-up problem that emerges in the baseline model, the role of supermodularity in alliance members' effort contributions, the role of...

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Insurgents in motion: Counterinsurgency and insurgency relocation in Iraq

Wong P-H. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

Recent studies in general are positive regarding the effectiveness of US counterinsurgency programs in Iraq. The right mix of coercion, ethnic strategy, and public goods provision, it is argued, makes Iraqis less likely to rebel against the US army and the Iraqi government, thus reducing...

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Distance rationalizability of scoring rules

Can B. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013

Collective decision making problems can be seen as finding an outcome that is closest to a concept of consensus. 1 introduced Closeness to Unanimity Procedure as a first example to this approach and showed that the Borda rule is the closest to unanimity under swap distance a.k.a the 2 distance....

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Claim games for estate division problems

Vermeulen A.J.; Schröder M.J.W.; Peters H.J.M. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013

This paper considers the estate division problem from a non-cooperative perspective. The integer claim game initiated by ONeill 1982 and extended by Atlamaz et al. 2011 is generalized by considering different sharing rules to divide every interval among the claimants. For problems with an estate...

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The Power of Alliances in the Brazilian National Congress: Vote on Presidential Vetoes and Constitutional Amendments

Masili, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

individually. Furthermore, it allows a party to evaluate alternative alliances that may require less counterparts and that offers … of each of the Brazilian parties, as well as some strategic alliances, for both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. …

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Li, Peter M. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 5 (2010) 1, pp. 12-19

The ability of military alliances to deter depends on their credibility: the degree to which others believe that allies … capability of resulting alliances and, consequently, decreases the amount of militarized conflict. In order to measure the …

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Networks of Military Alliances, Wars, and International Trade

Jackson, Matthew O.; Nei, Stephen - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

We investigate the role of networks of military alliances in preventing or encouraging wars between groups of countries …, we show that there do not exist any networks that are stable against the addition and deletion of alliances. We then show … that economic benefits from international trade can provide incentives to form alliances in ways that restore stability and …

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