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 …

We study the role of inter-group differences in the emergence of conflict. In our setting, two groups compete for the …, that the opposition can either accept, or reject and wage conflict. Expropriating a large share of resources increases … political strength by attracting opposition members, but such economic exclusion implies lower per capita shares and higher risk …

distribution of culturally diverse groups affects the outcome. To understand why ethnic diversity affects conflict and economic …

A recently much debated issue is why observed investment and growth rates inpoor countries are lower than traditional … theory predicts. Empirical evidencesuggests that social and political instability is a major reason for thedivergence between … investment rates is notmonotonic but follows a hump-shaped pattern. The empirical evidence shows thatalthough very poor economies …

reverting processes are rarely used in investment models in the literature. In most models, geometric Brownian motion processes … investigations of aggregate industry investment …

aggregated equilibrium investment (interpreted as conflict intensity) and underlying network characteristics. The derived results …Conflict parties are frequently involved into more than one conflict at a given time. In this paper the interrelated … structure of conflictive relations is modeled as a conflict network where opponents are embedded in a local structure of …

conflict is modeled as a Bayesian game on which each player's valuation is drawn independently from arbitrary distributions. We … predictable movements in the conflict's dissipation. We focus on arbitrary contest success functions and arbitrary independent …

Most of the conflict theory papers have used a one-shot game set-up. This does not correspond to reality and is … by making investment in conflict's technology. We use a simple deterministic rule that defines the evolution of the … certainly incapable of modeling real conflict situations. We propose a dynamic model with N-agents in an infinite time frame …

We investigate the impact of the political representation of minority groups on the incidence of ethnic conflict in … results in a large and significant decline in Hindu-Muslim conflict. The average result is driven by richer states and those … curbing civil conflict. …