Sleeping with the enemy: The economic cost of internal environmental conflicts
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Todd Cherry Ph.D., Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: This paper extends the literature on collective rent-seeking by introducing the possibility that a competing group may be a subset of another. We develop a model that incorporates the potential for some individuals to be party of both sides of a conflict, which creates interdependence of payoffs. Results indicate that strategic individual behavior, and the resulting rent dissipation, is affected by the relative size of the groups. We conduct an experimental test of the model and find that observed laboratory behavior corresponds well with the game-theoretic comparative-static predictions.
Sleeping with the enemy: The economic cost of internal environmental conflicts
PDF (Portable Document Format)
309 KB
Created on 10/8/2014
Views: 1745
Additional Information
- Publication
- Cherry, T. L. & Cotton, S. (2011). Sleeping with the enemy: The economic cost of internal environmental conflicts. Economic Inquiry, 49(2), 530-539. Publisher’s version available from http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ (ISSN: 0095-2583) DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00329.x
- Language: English
- Date: 2010