We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict … behavior and repeated interaction on the allocation of effort between production and appropriation. Without repeated … altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …

partly spills over into the next period, by affecting relative conflict efficiency. Our model generates non …-monotone evolution of both conflict and distribution. Results suggest that external interventions, when effective in reducing current … conflict and protecting weaker groups, may end up sowing the seeds of greater future conflict. …

production and appropriation in the presence of simultaneous inter- and intra-group conflicts. The model exhibits a ' group … becomes more serious, the players devote fewer resources to the intra-group conflict. Moreover, there is also a 'reversed …-off between increasing returns to scale in production and increasing costs of appropriative activities. …