Divide and Conquer: Noisy Communication in Networks, Power, and Wealth Distribution
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Keywords
Non cooperative Games; Networks; Political economy; Development; Political processes; Rent-seeking; Conflict; Alliances; Coalitions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2004-07-18 (Microeconomics)
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