Theorizing about conflict Export

@inbook{hirshleifer1995, abstract = {The category of conflict encompasses not only war but also crime, litigation, strikes and lockouts, and redistributive politics. Exchange theory and conflict theory constitute two coequal branches of economic analysis, the first based upon contract and mutual gain, the second upon contest for asymmetric advantage. A number of the analytic options for modelling conflict are reviewed. Preferences, opportunities, and perceptions are shown to determine the choice between conflict and settlement. The technology of conflict as an economic activity is surveyed. Two illustrative models are presented, the first involving actual fighting and the other armed peace.}, author = {Hirshleifer, Jack}, booktitle = {Handbook of Defense Economics}, chapter = {7}, citeulike-article-id = {2449039}, editor = {Sandler, Todd and Hartley, Keith}, keywords = {art\_misperceptions, classics, conflict}, pages = {165--189}, posted-at = {2008-02-29 19:43:16}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {Theorizing about conflict}, volume = {1}, year = {1995} }

TY - CHAP ID - hirshleifer1995 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2449039 N2 - The category of conflict encompasses not only war but also crime, litigation, strikes and lockouts, and redistributive politics. Exchange theory and conflict theory constitute two coequal branches of economic analysis, the first based upon contract and mutual gain, the second upon contest for asymmetric advantage. A number of the analytic options for modelling conflict are reviewed. Preferences, opportunities, and perceptions are shown to determine the choice between conflict and settlement. The technology of conflict as an economic activity is surveyed. Two illustrative models are presented, the first involving actual fighting and the other armed peace. EP - 189 TI - Theorizing about conflict PB - Elsevier VL - 1 T2 - Handbook of Defense Economics SP - 165 KW - art_misperceptions KW - classics KW - conflict AU - Hirshleifer, Jack A2 - Sandler, Todd A2 - Hartley, Keith PY - 1995/// ER -