Conflict Without Misperceptions or Incomplete Information: How the Future Matters
Conflict and war are typically viewed as the outcome of misperceptions, incomplete information, or even irrationality. We show that it can otherwise. Despite the short-run incentives to settle disputes peacefully , there can be long-term, compounding rewards to going to war when doing better relative to one's opponent today implies doing better tomorrow.
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| Date of creation: | 27 Oct 2001 |
| Handle: | RePEc:cla:levarc:563824000000000011 |
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