and 2 have the opportunity to form an alliance to share their endowments of a one-dimensional resource (e.g., troops … transfers of the resource are allowed. Once these transfers take place, each alliance member maximizes his payoff in his … transfers take place within the alliance. That is, one player gives away resources to his ally, who happily accepts the gift …

repeated interaction, direct contact or communication, free-riding among alliance members is far less pronounced than what …, this subsequent internal conflict does not discourage alliance members from expending much effort in the contest against …

The paper introduces a welfarist approach to the national safety of a nation with membership in a defense alliance as … insurance devices, the domestic military budget and the incremental safety provided by the membership in the alliance. The … commitment of the alliance in the creation of safety is, however, imperfect. A sufficient condition is stated for the non …

alliance. Also, players who are committed to expending effort above average choose to stand alone. If these players are forced … to play in an alliance, they invest even more, whereas their co-players choose lower effort. Anticipation of this …

internal fight reduces the alliance's ability to succeed against the outside enemy. Second, the option to make non …-binding declarations on non-aggression in the relationship between alliance members does not make peaceful settlement within the alliance … more likely. Third, higher differences in the alliance players' contributions to alliance effort lead to more internal …

improves the ability of the client to learn about the R&D firm's ability and the alliance project's quality. The model …

first 1000 days as a publicly traded firm. The strategies analyzed include pricing, offline expansion, alliance formation …

alliance formation due to social cues from the photographs being used as a coordination device to facilitate faster alliance …