Conflict, the sire of exchange

The Norm of Reciprocity: A Preliminary Statement

Alvin W. Gouldner · American Sociological Review · 1960 · 11.8K citations

Social Sciences, Philosophy, Social Psychology +7

The Bargaining Problem

John F. Nash · Econometrica · 1950 · 7.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Cooperative Economics +13

A General Equilibrium Model of Insurrections

Herschel I. Grossman · American Economic Review · 1991 · 807 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Resource Economics +11

Swords or Plowshares? A Theory of the Security of Claims to Property

Herschel I. Grossman, Minseong Kim · Journal of Political Economy · 1995 · 637 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Resource Economics +13

Conflict and rent-seeking success functions: Ratio vs. difference models of relative success

Jack Hirshleifer · Public Choice · 1989 · 570 citations

Social Sciences, Conflict Studies, Conflict Analysis +4