Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179131 
Year of Publication: 
2017
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[Journal:] Games [ISSN:] 2073-4336 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 1-12
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MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
We study three triggers of conflict and explore their resultant emotional reactions in a laboratory experiment. Economists suggest that the primary trigger of conflict is monetary incentives. Social psychologists suggest that conflicts are often triggered by fear. Finally, evolutionary biologists suggest that a third trigger is uncertainty about an opponent's desire to cause harm. Consistent with the predictions from economics, social psychology, and evolutionary biology, we find that conflict originates from all three triggers. The three triggers differently impact the frequency of conflict, but not the intensity. Also, we find that the frequency and intensity of conflict decrease positive emotions and increase negative emotions and that conflict impacts negative emotions more than positive emotions.
Subjects: 
conflict
incentives
fear
uncertainty
laboratory experiment
reverse dictator game
joy of destruction game
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