Self-Enforcing Norms and the Efficient Non-Cooperative Organization of Clans

26 Pages Posted: 27 May 2008

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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

Wolfgang Leininger

University of Dortmund - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

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Date Written: June 2007

Abstract

We study how norms can solve distributional conflict inside a clan and the efficient coordination of collective action in a conflict with an external enemy. We characterize a fully non-cooperative equilibrium in a finite game in which a self-enforcing norm coordinates the members on efficient collective action and on a peaceful distribution of the returns of collective action.

Keywords: collective action, defence, distributional conflict, free-riding, norms, war

JEL Classification: D72, D74, H11, H41

Suggested Citation

Konrad, Kai A. and Leininger, Wolfgang, Self-Enforcing Norms and the Efficient Non-Cooperative Organization of Clans (June 2007). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6333, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1136659

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