Stergios Skaperdas

University of California - Department of Economics

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3123 Social Science Plaza A

Irvine, CA 92697-5100

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1.

Economics of Conflict: An Overview

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Apr 2006
Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics and University of California - Department of Economics
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property rights, enforcement, insecurity, conflict, governance, resource allocation, distribution

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Costly Enforcement of Property Rights and the Coase Theorem

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Oct 2002
Alex R. W. Robson and Stergios Skaperdas
Griffith University - Griffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics and University of California - Department of Economics
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Socio-Political Conflict and Economic Performance in Bolivia

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2249
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Mar 2008
Jose Luis Evia, Roberto Laserna and Stergios Skaperdas
Catholic University of Bolivia, CERES, Bolivia and University of California - Department of Economics
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economic growth, property rights, governance

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The Market for Protection and the Origin of the State

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1578
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Nov 2005
Kai A. Konrad and Stergios Skaperdas
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and University of California - Department of Economics
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property rights, anarchy, government

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Investing in Conflict Management

UC-Irvine, Economics Working Paper No. 00-01-17
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Nov 2001
Garance Genicot and Stergios Skaperdas
Georgetown University - Department of Economics and University of California - Department of Economics
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conflict, institution, war, fragmentation

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All in the Family or Public? Law and Appropriative Costs as Determinants of Ownership Structure

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 May 2003
Ramon Castillo and Stergios Skaperdas
Bank of Mexico and University of California - Department of Economics
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The Costs of Organized Violence: A Review of the Evidence

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2704
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Jul 2009
Stergios Skaperdas
University of California - Department of Economics
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conflict, property rights, governance

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Globalization and Domestic Conflict

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1510
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Michelle R. Garfinkel, Stergios Skaperdas and Constantinos Syropoulos
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics, University of California - Department of Economics and LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
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globalization, trade openness, property rights, enforcement, insecurity, conflict

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Explaining Conflict in Low-Income Countries: Incomplete Contracting in the Shadow of the Future

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1636
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Jan 2006
Michael T. McBride and Stergios Skaperdas
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics and University of California - Department of Economics
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Succession Rules and Leadership Rents

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Succession Rules and Leadership Rents

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1534
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Kai A. Konrad and Stergios Skaperdas
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and University of California - Department of Economics
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political leadership, political support, political survival, successorship

Succession Rules and Leadership Rents

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5206
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Oct 2005
Kai A. Konrad and Stergios Skaperdas
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and University of California - Department of Economics
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Political leadership, political support, political survival, successorship

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External Intervention, Identity, and Civil War

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2018
Nicholas Sambanis, Stergios Skaperdas and William C. Wohlforth
Department of Political Science, Yale University, University of California - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Government
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Conflict, Polarization, Nationalism

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National Identity, Public Goods, and Modern Economic Development

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National Identity, Public Goods, and Modern Economic Development

CESifo Working Paper No. 10358
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Apr 2023
Stergios Skaperdas and Patrick Testa
University of California - Department of Economics and Tulane University, Department of Economics
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national identity, public goods, conflict, development and growth

National Identity, Public Goods, and Modern Economic Development

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 16 Jan 2024
Stergios Skaperdas and Patrick Testa
University of California - Department of Economics and Tulane University, Department of Economics
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national identity, Public goods, conflict, development and growth

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Conflict, Settlement, and the Shadow of the Future

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2897
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Jan 2010
Michael T. McBride and Stergios Skaperdas
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics and University of California - Department of Economics
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conflict, litigation, property rights, folk theorem

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Persuasion as a Contest

CESifo Working Paper No. 2160
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Stergios Skaperdas and Samarth Vaidya
University of California - Department of Economics and Deakin University - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
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rent-seeking, advertising, litigation, political campaigning, property rights

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Why are There Strikes?

CESifo Working Paper No. 8620
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Oct 2020
Kyung nok Chun, Zachary Schaller and Stergios Skaperdas
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics and University of California - Department of Economics
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unions, strikes, dispute resolution, bargaining

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International Trade and Transnational Insecurity: How Comparative Advantage and Power are Jointly Determined

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2680
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
Michelle R. Garfinkel, Stergios Skaperdas and Constantinos Syropoulos
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics, University of California - Department of Economics and LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
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trade openness, property rights, interstate disputes, conflict, security policies

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Investing in Influence: How Minority Interests Can Prevail in a Democracy

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Investing in Influence: How Minority Interests Can Prevail in a Democracy

CESifo Working Paper No. 9367
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 28 Oct 2021
Stergios Skaperdas and Samarth Vaidya
University of California - Department of Economics and Deakin University - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
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interest groups, lobbying, polarization, persuasion, regulatory capture

Investing in Influence: How Minority Interests Can Prevail in a Democracy

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Oct 2023
Stergios Skaperdas and Samarth Vaidya
University of California - Department of Economics and Deakin University - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
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Interest groups, Lobbying, Polarization, Persuasion, Regulatory capture

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Trade, Insecurity, and the Costs of Conflict

CESifo Working Paper No. 10033
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Oct 2022
Michelle R. Garfinkel, Stergios Skaperdas and Constantinos Syropoulos
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics, University of California - Department of Economics and LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
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insecure resources, trade openness, the gains from trade, domestic conflict, interstate conflict

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Why Did Pre-Modern States Adopt Big-God Religions?

Public Choice, 2019
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
Stergios Skaperdas and Samarth Vaidya
University of California - Department of Economics and Deakin University - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
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morality, legitimacy, religion, ruler, state capacity

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Proprietary Public Finance: On its Emergence and Evolution Out of Anarchy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3495
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Jun 2011
Stergios Skaperdas
University of California - Department of Economics
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The Decline of US Power and the Future of Conflict Management after COVID

Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2020
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Jul 2020
Stergios Skaperdas
University of California - Department of Economics
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conflict, hegemony, geopolitics, conflict management

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Bargaining and Conflict with Up-Front Investments: How Power Asymmetries Matter

CESifo Working Paper No. 8030
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Jan 2020
Zachary Schaller and Stergios Skaperdas
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics and University of California - Department of Economics
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power asymmetries, war, litigation, contests

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Competing for Claims to Property

Center for Economic Studies Working Paper at University of Munich, Number 85
Posted: 25 Aug 1998
Stergios Skaperdas and Constantinos Syropoulos
University of California - Department of Economics and LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

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