Rationality, Preferences and Irregular War

Publicado en

  • Colombian Economic Journal

Resumen

  • We suppose that civilians under threat prefer certain situations within a context of irregular war and endangered survival; they will prefer those situations associated with greater probabilities of survival. Using lexicographical preferences and belief systems, we have shown that civilians will choose not to remain in situations having a lower probability of survival. Linking into social networks allows for shorter deliberation processes, lower decision costs and faster convergence towards collective decision-making. Civilian displacement thus becomes the outcome of a rational decision-making procedure

fecha de publicación

  • 2003

Líneas de investigación

  • Belief Systems
  • Common Knowledge
  • Preferences
  • Survival

Página inicial

  • 15

Última página

  • 33

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  • 1

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