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Conflict between non-exclusive groups

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How is group conflict over a public-good prize affected when individuals are active members of multiple groups simultaneously? To investigate this question, I introduce a simple model of Tullock group contest: individuals are partitioned into two groups in two dimensions each, the group-level impact function is concave, and effort cost convex. The additional partition dimension does not alter the level of aggregate and individual effort. Asymmetries in group size and effort cost have non-monotonic effects on individual efforts and expected utilities. The formation of an active additional group is beneficial for its members and detrimental to outsiders. I generalise the model to an arbitrary number of symmetric groups in an arbitrary number of dimensions and briefly investigate the full positive range of the Tullock exponent. Additional group dimensions do not alter expected utilities of existing equilibria.

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  • Send, Jonas, 2020. "Conflict between non-exclusive groups," Munich Reprints in Economics 84744, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:lmu:muenar:84744
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    1. Song, Jian & Houser, Daniel, 2021. "Non-exclusive group contests: An experimental analysis," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    2. Jonas Send, 2020. "Exclusivity of Groups in Contests," Working Papers tax-mpg-rps-2020-19, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance.

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