We interpret the psychology literature on social identity and examine its implications in a population partially … matched to play a reduced form bargaining game. We show that this struggle for resources drives a conflict through the … behavioral player is motivated by the social identity literature. For rational players, group membership has no payoff relevant …

We interpret the social identity literature and examine its economic implications. We model a population of agents from … that this struggle for resources drives a conflict through the rational destruction of surplus. We assume that the … social group. The existence and specification of the biased player is motivated by the social identity literature. For …

We interpret the social identity literature and examine its economic implications. We model a population of agents from … that this struggle for resources drives a conflict through the rational destruction of surplus. We assume that the … social group. The existence and specification of the biased player is motivated by the social identity literature. For …

literature. In the present contribution a game-theoretic model highlights how reputation concerns and the structure of group …

reputation and ethnic conflict is built. Depending on the information structure and the reputation cost of defecting, economic … interaction can either result in (peaceful) trade or in appropriative conflict. Ethnic divisions affect the reputation cost of …Empirical studies have found ethnic cleavages to play an important role in the occurrence of civil conflict …

This paper considers a simple model of zero-sum conflict between two players (e.g., territorial dispute) in which … costly actions (e.g., terrorism) are available to one side. We identify how reputation effects shape the outcome of such … conflict. A small prior of fanatic commitment type induces the possibility of costly attack followed by withdrawal in …

's willingness to finance a public good depends on their income and identity. Using high-resolution economic and linguistic data for …-based predictions with data on secessionist movements, state fragility, regional autonomy, and conflict, as well as with an application … to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Counterfactual analysis strongly suggests that identity trumps income in …

's willingness to finance a public good depends on their income and identity. Using high-resolution economic and linguistic data for …-based predictions with data on secessionist movements, state fragility, regional autonomy, and conflict, as well as with an application … to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Counterfactual analysis strongly suggests that identity trumps income in …

We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade …. Using individual and county-level data, we document causal effects on trust and ethnic identity of an exogenous outburst of … intense fighting decreases generalized trust and increases ethnic identity. The effects are quantitatively large and robust to …