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    Non-Parasitic Warlords and Geographical Distance

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    2013
    Author
    Hionis, Jerry Jr.
    Advisor
    Diamantaras, Dimitrios
    Committee member
    Ritter, Moritz B.
    Zusai, Dai
    Rosenthal, Edward C., 1959-
    Department
    Economics
    Subject
    Economics
    Economic Theory
    Conflict Theory
    Contest Theory
    Development Economics
    Game Theory
    Microeconomic Theory
    Warlord Competition
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/1424
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    This dissertation presents an extension of the warlord competition models found in Skaperdas (2002) and Konrad and Skaperdas (2012). I consider two non-parasitic warlords located on a line. Each warlord allocates resources for the extraction of natural resources, the production of goods and services, and conflict with the opposing warlord. Within the symmetric rates of seizure model, I use three different forms of the contest success function, a primary tool in the conflict theory literature, in my analysis. I show that the warlord closer to the point of conflict will invest less into the hiring of warriors and more into the production of goods and services, yet wins a larger proportion of total goods and services produced within the economy. Under certain conditions, the placement of the point of conflict at the midpoint between the two warlords maximizes the total resources toward war and minimizes total production. Under the asymmetric rates of seizure model, I find that the warlord closer to the point of conflict invests more in warfare and less in production; that is, results that counter what is found in the symmetric model.
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