ABSTRACT

This requires that ~p\€p, which is satisfied subject to some relatively innocuous assumptions mentioned above.

The above characterization of the incentives for both groups indicates that conflict will most likely appear under the following conditions:

(a) The lower is the intensity and the losses received in a conflict ðd;DÞ. (b) The smaller is the population in Group A, (i.e. the lower the NA/N ratio), since the

benefits for the incumbent of a conflict leading to the grab of the common resource per capita would be bigger and the losses of the minority would be bigger.