The Economics of Conflict: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-262-02689-5
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 533 g

Reihe: CESifo Seminar Series

Economists offer a rational-choice perspective on conflict, using approaches that range from the game theoretic to the experimental. 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.Several chapters use the recently developed contest success function to model conflict, examining such topics as alliance formation, regional conflicts under fiscal federalism, coups d'etat in developing countries, and the correlation between conflict and economic growth in Bolivia. Other chapters consider subjects that include the link between occupational choices and antigovernment activity in Afghanistan, social unrest and the IMF's Structural Adjustment Program, and the effect of Tajikistan's civil war on ex-combatants' capacity for trust and cooperation.Taken together, these contributions show that economics needs a theory of conflict to understand both outright conflict and transactions in the shadow of conflict. But beyond this, they show that the study of conflict also needs the rigorous, methodology-based perspectives of economics.Contributors
Vincenzo Bove, Raul Caruso, Alessandra Cassar, Jacopo Costa, Maria Cubel, Leandro Elia, Jose Luis Evia, Davide Fiaschi, Pauline Grosjean, Ruixue Jia, Kai A. Konrad, Roberto Laserna, Pinghan Liang, Roberto Ricciuti, Stergios Skaperdas, Caleb Stroup, Karl Wärneryd, Sam Whitt, Ben Zissimos

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wärneryd, Karl

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wärneryd, Karl

Konrad, Kai A.

Cubel, Maria

Fiaschi, Davide

Jia, Ruixue

Liang, Pinghan

Caruso, Raul

Costa, Jacopo

Ricciuti, Roberto

Evia, Jose Luis

Laserna, Roberto

Skaperdas, Stergios

Bove, Vincenzo

Elia, Leandro

Stroup, Caleb

Zissimos, Ben

Cassar, Alessandra

Grosjean, Pauline

Whitt, Sam

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Wärneryd, Karl
Karl Wä rneryd is Associate Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Wärneryd, Karl
Karl Wä rneryd is Associate Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Konrad, Kai A.
Kai A. Konrad is Professor of Economics at Free University of Berlin and Director at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).

Zissimos, Ben
Ben Zissimos is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, UK.

Karl Wärneryd is Associate Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.