The economics of conflict : theory and empirical evidence / edited by Karl Wärneryd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wärneryd, Karl Erik, 1927- editor.

Series:

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insurgency--Economic aspects.

Insurgency.

War--Economic aspects.

War.

Economic development--Political aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Modern economics has largely ignored the issue of outright conflict as an alternative way of allocating goods, assuming instead the existence of well-defined property rights enforced by an undefined third party. And yet even in ostensibly peaceful market transactions, conflict exists as an outside option, sometimes constraining the outcomes reached through voluntary agreement. In this volume, economists offer a crucial rational-choice perspective on conflict, using methodological approaches that range from the game theoretic to the experimental.

Contents:

1 Strategic Aspects of Fighting in Alliances / Kai A. Konrad Konrad, Kai A. 1

2 Fiscal Equalization and Political Conflict / Maria Cubel Cubel, Maria 23

3 Natural Resources, Social Conflict, and Poverty Trap / Davide Fiaschi Fiaschi, Davide 41

4 A Game of Thrones: Power Structure and the Stability of Regimes / Ruixue Jia Jia, Ruixue, Pinghan Liang Liang, Pinghan 79

5 The Probability of Military Rule in Africa, 1970 to 2007 / Raul Caruso Caruso, Raul, Jacopo Costa Costa, Jacopo, Roberto Ricciuti Ricciuti, Roberto 105

6 Sociopolitical Conflict and Economic Performance in Bolivia / Jose Luis Evia Evia, Jose Luis, Roberto Laserna Laserna, Roberto, Stergios Skaperdas Skaperdas, Stergios 127

7 Occupational Choices and Insurgency in Afghanistan's Provinces / Vincenzo Bove Bove, Vincenzo, Leandro Elia Elia, Leandro 177

8 Social Unrest in the Wake of IMF Structural Adjustment Programs / Caleb Stroup Stroup, Caleb, Ben Zissimos Zissimos, Ben 209

9 Social Preferences of Ex-Combatants: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Postwar Tajikistan / Alessandra Cassar Cassar, Alessandra, Pauline Grosjean Grosjean, Pauline, Sam Whitt Whitt, Sam 231.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262321976

0262321971

9781306491150

1306491150

OCLC:

872392862

Publisher Number:

11255514

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