One possible solution to mitigate the negative influences of conflict which has been proposed in the literature is to … increasing an individual's social capital will lead her to reduce her conflict effort, whereas increasing her human capital can … induce her to increase her conflict effort. We then analyze which conditions need to be present to induce the individuals to …

seen as a means to reduce the inefficiencies of markets in an environment where the enforcement of property rights is …

hand. The private enforcement of property rights is seen as a substitute for public enforcement that results in a contest … between the private defender of its property and the potential appropriator. Public enforcement changes the opportunity costs … optimal enforcement policy looks like, and compare the solutions with other institutional alternatives. …

social conflict. We see conflict phenomena such as crime and civil war as involving resource appropriation activities. We … show that not all shocks that could make society richer will reduce conflict. Positive shocks to labor intensive industries … will diminish social conflict, while positive shocks to capital intensive industries will increase it. The key requirement …