Can a court system conceivably control opportunistic behavior if judges are selected from the same population as ordinary citizens and thus are no better than the rest of us? This paper provides a new and, as we claim, quite profound rational choice answer to that unsolved riddle. Adopting an...

We investigate the effects of the availability of resources that can be expended in conflict on conflict intensity. We run a between-subjects Tullock contest in which we vary the contest budget from Low to Medium to High, while keeping the Nash equilibrium bid the same. We find an 'inverted...

Clustering and lack of sufficient diversification in research strategies has been identified as an important problem for delegated research as it takes place in design contests by Erat and Krishnan (2012). We show that this problem can be solved by local competition (such as bribery, lobbying or...

We study the role of an imbalance in fighting strengths when players bargain in the shadow of conflict. Our experimental results suggest: In a simple bargaining game with an exogenous mediation proposal, the likelihood of conflict is independent of the balance of power. If bargaining involves...

This paper analyses the impact of terrorism on tax enforcement policies by focusing on the case of the Basque Country. The presence of externalities in tax administration attributable to the costs of terrorism is investigated by undertaking a theoretical analysis. The findings of this are tested...

This article focuses on dyadic negotiations in which negotiators have asymmetric best alternatives to the negotiated agreement (BATNAs). We argue it is important to consider negotiator’s knowledge states of opponent’s BATNAs. The experimental study also examined how...

This paper studies a contest in which players with unobservable types may form an alliance in a pre-stage of the game to join their forces and compete for a prize. We characterize the pure strategy equilibria of this game of incomplete information. We show that if the formation of an alliance is...

The poster summarizes an integrative design of an approach for third party intervention in ethnic conflicts that aims at sustaining a long term peace. Based on the legacy of third parties roles in the post-cold war era, and the assumption that modern and post-modern approaches may provide us...

Conflict is a part and parcel of society. As long as there are people on the planet earth, there are bound to be conflicts in one form or another. However, problems arises when these conflicts become violent. Violent conflicts are ill-winds that blows no one no good. Nigeria, like other...

En este artículo se construye un índice de goce efectivo de los derechos cuyos resultados indican que, en el proceso de restablecimiento y reparación integral de los hogares desplazados, el cumplimiento de los derechos de estabilización socioeconómica solo llega a un 60% en promedio, cuatro...