TY - JOUR ID - publications25979 UR - http://tse-fr.eu/pub/32636 IS - n° 2 A1 - Hu, Wei A1 - Treich, Nicolas Y1 - 2018/04// N2 - In this paper, we consider an intergroup contest game with intragroup altruism. We show that more altruism within a group increases conflict intensity by increasing total groups' efforts. Moreover, we show that, unlike the celebrated Olson's group size paradox, group size increases the probability of winning the contest provided that intragroup altruism is high enough. PB - Economics Bulletin JF - Economics Bulletin VL - vol. 38 SN - 1545-2921 TI - Intergroup Conflict with Intragroup Altruism SP - 720 AV - public EP - 724 ER -