Easy Targets and the Timing of Conflict

WZB, Markets and Political Economy Working Paper No. SP II 2003-28

21 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2004

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Helmut Bester

Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Kai A. Konrad

Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Date Written: December 2003

Abstract

Contestants have to choose whether to initiate a contest or war, or whether to remain peaceful for another period. We find that agents wait and initiate the contest once their rival is sufficiently weak to be an easy target.

Keywords: Timing of conflict, war, easy targets

JEL Classification: B31, D74, H77

Suggested Citation

Bester, Helmut and Konrad, Kai A., Easy Targets and the Timing of Conflict (December 2003). WZB, Markets and Political Economy Working Paper No. SP II 2003-28, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=505002 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.505002

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