Rationality, preferences and irregular war

Boris Salazar and Maria del Pilar Castillo ()
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Maria del Pilar Castillo: Universidad del Valle

Colombian Economic Journal, 2003, vol. 1, issue 1, pages 15-33

Abstract: We suppose that civilians under threat prefer certain situations within a context of irregular war and endangered survival; they will prefer those situations associated with greater probabilities of survival. Using lexicographical preferences and belief systems, we have shown that civilians will choose not to remain in situations having a lower probability of survival. Linking into social networks allows for shorter deliberation processes, lower decision costs and faster convergence towards collective decision-making. Civilian displacement thus becomes the outcome of a rational decision-making procedure

Keywords: survival; belief systems; common knowledge; preferences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C70 D74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003

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