We review the main economic models of war and conflict. These models vary in details, but
their implications are qualitatively consistent, highlighting key commonalities across a …

This paper introduces the irregular N-gon solution, a new geometric method for constructing
equilibrium distributions in the Colonel Blotto game with heterogeneous battlefield values …

An organization must decide which of two proposals to fund. In evaluating the proposals, the
organization relies on the agents applying for funding to produce evidence about the merits …

This article examines the influence of focality in Colonel Blotto games with a lottery contest
success function (CSF), where the equilibrium is unique and in pure strategies. We …

We experimentally test the qualitatively different equilibrium predictions of two theoretical
models of attack and defense of a weakest-link network of targets. In such a network, the …

We examine behavior of subjects in simultaneous and sequential multi‐battle contests,
where each individual battle is modeled as an all‐pay auction with complete information. In …

Sequential multi-battle contests are predicted to induce lower expenditure than
simultaneous contests. This prediction is a result of a “New Hampshire Effect”—a strategic …

To maintain a chance of occasionally beating a stronger player in a competition waged over
several fields, a weaker player should give up on some of the fields and concentrate …

We investigate a version of the classic Colonel Blotto game in which individual battlefields
may have different values. Two players allocate a fixed discrete budget across battlefields …

In this note, we introduce a general model of dynamic n-player multi-battle Blotto contests in
which asymmetric resources and non-homogeneous battlefield prizes are possible. Each …