The existing literature on conflicts extensively argues that countries may find a peaceful settlement, in which they renounce fighting. In this paper we try to formalize a model, in which countries focus on a different and more attractive solution for their disputes. More specifically, we the...

A recent literature has emerged in social choice theory which attributes intrinsic importance to freedom in the evaluation of states of affairs. The literature’s philosophical basis lies in Berlin’s notion of positive liberty. Accordingly, axiomatic measures of availability of choices are...