the circumstances. We derive implications for peace and conflict. We find conflict induced poverty traps with self …-fulfilling expectations about conflict and we derive implications for peace building strategies. -- Conflict ; investments ; trust …

collective action in the context of finitely repeated intergroup conflict and demonstrate that conflict expenditures are … destructive nature of intergroup conflicts. -- Communication ; Conflict ; Experiment ; Rent-seeking …

across the targets. -- Colonel Blotto ; conflict resolution ; weakest-link ; best-shot ; multi-dimensional resource …

, we show that substituting the auction contest success function for the lottery contest success function in a conflict may … radicals. Our results demonstrate the importance of the choice of the institutions of conflict, as modeled by the contest …. -- conflict ; all-pay auction ; identity-dependent externalities ; radicalism ; extremism ; contest success function …

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 … of conflict. In equilibrium, allocations are non-monotonic in the cost of mobility. Moreover, limited commitment with …

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 analyse rural household livelihood and children’s school enrolment decisions in a post-conflict setting in the … show that heightened subjective perceptions of future violence and past actual experiences of conflict influences current … theories of risk. Furthermore, a post-conflict household-level Phoenix or economic revival factor may be in operation, based in …