Essay on conflict, aggressivity and punishment

Marcos Prieto, Pablo (2024) Essay on conflict, aggressivity and punishment. Advisor: Bilancini, Prof. Ennio. Coadvisor: Huremovic, Prof. Kenan . pp. 189. [IMT PhD Thesis]

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Abstract

Conflict is a crucial force that shapes the world. If, at a group level, conflict is able to shape allocations of power and resources, often changing the equilibrium between two groups, at the individual level, conflict affects social interactions, priming aggressive and hostile behaviors that disrupt cooperation. In this Doctoral Thesis, we take a theoretical evolutionary perspective, as well as an experimental one, to investigate how conflict affects different aspects of socially relevant behaviors. In the first chapter, using an evolutionary perspective, we explore the implications of different relationships between power and initiation of conflicts for the long-run distribution of power between groups. The second chapter describes two experiments in which we demonstrate that aggressive behavior is more likely to happen after extreme extension of self-control, with parallel appearances of signs of functional fatigue in areas of the prefrontal cortex implied in emotional and impulsive regulation. Finally, the last chapter describes a theoretical model in which a community enforcement system that uses social norms supports both pro-norm and anti-norm punishment as evolutionary stable.

Item Type:	IMT PhD Thesis
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
PhD Course:	Economics, Networks and Business Analytics
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.13118/imtlucca/e-theses/430
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2024 13:06
URI:	http://e-theses.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/430

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