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Game-Theoretic Analyses of US Settlement Allowing for Coercion

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Previous game-theoretic analyses of the settlement of the United States assume that Indigenous peoples and settler colonizers either engaged in free exchange or total war for land. We reframe the model to consider that violence, including coercion, was present in most of their interactions; that is, we allow for the settler colonizer to engage in coercion to strategically lower their appropriation costs for Indigenous peoples' lands. We find that the ettler strategically uses violence to pay less in exchanges for Indigenous peoples' lands. In addition, we examine how uncertainty, about whether an agreement can ensure the avoidance of all-out conflict, affects initial violence and resistance. We find that the likelihood of all out-conflict affects settler violence and it critically depends on whether the Indigenous people can seek compensation.

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  • Pardini, Chelsea & Espinola-Arredondo, Ana, 2020. "Game-Theoretic Analyses of US Settlement Allowing for Coercion," Working Papers 2020-3, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:wsuwpa:2020_003
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    Keywords

    Settler colonialism; coercion; violence; game theory;
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    JEL classification:

    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • K10 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - General (Constitutional Law)
    • N41 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913

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