Stable alliance formation in distributional conflict

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 829-852

  Garfinkel, Michelle R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Endogenous alliance structure; Free rider problem; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242756416     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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