Asymmetric Conflicts with Endogenous Dimensionality

Dan Kovencok, Michael J. Mauboussin and Brian Roberson
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Dan Kovencok: University of Iowa
Michael J. Mauboussin: Legg Mason Capital Management and Columbia Business School

Korean Economic Review, 2010, vol. 26, 287-305

Abstract: This article examines a two-stage model of asymmetric conflict based on the classic Colonel Blotto game in which players have, in the first stage, the ability to increase the number of battlefields contested. It thereby endogenizes the “dimensionality†of conflict. In equilibrium, if the asymmetry in the players’ resource endowments exceeds a threshold, the weak player chooses to add battlefields, while the strong player never does. Adding battlefields spreads the strong player’s forces more thinly, increasing the incidence of favorable strategic mismatches for the weak player.

Keywords: Asymmetric Conflict; Multi-battle Conflict; Colonel Blotto Game; Stochastic Guerilla Warfare; Endogenous Dimensionality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 D74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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