All-Pay Auctions as Models for Trade Wars and Military Annexation

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Autores principales: Kang, Benjamin, Unwin, James
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author Kang, Benjamin
Unwin, James
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Unwin, James
contents We explore an application of all-pay auctions to model trade wars and territorial annexation. Specifically, in the model we consider the expected resource, production, and aggressive (military/tariff) power are public information, but actual resource levels are private knowledge. We consider the resource transfer at the end of such a competition which deprives the weaker country of some fraction of its original resources. In particular, we derive the quasi-equilibria strategies for two country conflicts under different scenarios. This work is relevant for the ongoing US-China trade war, and the recent Russian capture of Crimea, as well as historical and future conflicts.
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spellingShingle All-Pay Auctions as Models for Trade Wars and Military Annexation
Kang, Benjamin
Unwin, James
Theoretical Economics
We explore an application of all-pay auctions to model trade wars and territorial annexation. Specifically, in the model we consider the expected resource, production, and aggressive (military/tariff) power are public information, but actual resource levels are private knowledge. We consider the resource transfer at the end of such a competition which deprives the weaker country of some fraction of its original resources. In particular, we derive the quasi-equilibria strategies for two country conflicts under different scenarios. This work is relevant for the ongoing US-China trade war, and the recent Russian capture of Crimea, as well as historical and future conflicts.
title All-Pay Auctions as Models for Trade Wars and Military Annexation
topic Theoretical Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.03492