In this chapter, we review the recent literature on conflict and appropriation. Allowing for the
possibility of conflict, which amounts to recognizing the possibility that property rights are not …

Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, we examine the evolution of economic sanctions in
the post-World War II era and reflect on the lessons that could be drawn from their features …

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ORIGINAL PAPER The theory of contests: a survey Luis C. Corchón Published online: 6 …

We build a model of R&D-based growth in which the discovery of higher-quality products is
governed by sequential stochastic innovation contests. We term the costly attempts of …

Warlords compete for turf that provides them with rents andtaxable'resources, but they can
also offer a semblance of security within their respective territories. This article first examines …

In the literature, the outcome of contests is either interpreted as win probabilities or as
shares of the prize. With this in mind, we examine two approaches to contest success …

Competition in which goods or rents are allocated as a function of the various efforts
expended by players in trying to win these goods or rents is a very common phenomenon. A …

Due to the high costs of conflict both in theory and practice, we examine and experimentally
test the conditions under which conflict between asymmetric agents can be resolved. We …

The conventional wisdom is that for a democracy to be consolidated, all groups must have a
chance to attain power. If they do not, then they will subvert democracy and choose to fight …

Three regimes of technology leadership are compared. Firstly, technological innovation in a
unipolar world with one dominant country that can sell its technology to a set of small …