Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields

41 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2010

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Dan Kovenock

Chapman University - Economic Science Institute; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Brian Roberson

Purdue University - Department of Economics

Date Written: September 20, 2010

Abstract

This paper examines conflicts in which performance is measured by the players' success or failure in multiple component conflicts, commonly termed “battlefields”. In multi-battlefield conflicts, behavioral linkages across battlefields depend both on the technologies of conflict within each battlefield and the nature of economies or diseconomies in how battlefield out-comes and costs aggregate in determining payoffs in the overall conflict.

Keywords: conflict, contest, battlefield, Colonel Blotto Game, auction, lottery

JEL Classification: C72, D74, H56

Suggested Citation

Kovenock, Daniel and Roberson, Brian, Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields (September 20, 2010). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3165, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1679624 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1679624

Daniel Kovenock

Chapman University - Economic Science Institute ( email )

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Orange, CA 92866
United States

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Germany

HOME PAGE: http://www.CESifo.de

Brian Roberson (Contact Author)

Purdue University - Department of Economics ( email )

West Lafayette, IN 47907-1310
United States

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