Discussion paper

DP6741 The Alliance Formation Puzzle and Capacity Constraints

The formation of an alliance in conflict situations is known to suffer from a collective action problem and from the potential of internal conflict. We show that budget constraints of an intermediate size can overcome this strong disadvantage and explain the formation of alliances.

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Citation

Kovenock, D and K Konrad (2008), ‘DP6741 The Alliance Formation Puzzle and Capacity Constraints‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6741. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp6741