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Fall 2009

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 25, Number 1

Categories: Politics | Fall 2009

Queuing, Conflict, and Violence

Dwight R. Lee, University of Georgia and Ball State University

Robert D. Tollison, Clemson University

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Queuing,Conflict,andViolenceTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise25(1),2009,51-68DwightR.LeeSouthernMethodistUniversityRobertD.TollisonClemsonUniversityAbstractQueuinginresponsetopricesbelowmarket-clearinglevelsincreasesthepotentialforconflictandviolenceamongconsumers.Weconsiderhowthepotentialforviolenceinqueuesvarieswithdifferencesindemandandsupplycharacteristicsofthegoodsbeingconsidered,andthecauseofsubmarket-clearingprices.Ingeneral,thepotentialforqueue-relatedconflictandviolenceisgreaterwhenthepriceelasticitiesofdemandandsupplyforthegoodaresmallerandhigher,respectively.Also,thepotentialforconflictandviolenceisgreaterwhenthequeueresultsfromgovernmentpolicythanwhenitresultsfromprivate-sectoractivity.JELCodes:A13,D00,D45Keywords:Conflict;Market-clearingprice;Priceelasticities;Queue;ViolenceI.IntroductionAseverystudentinaneconomicsprinciplesclasslearns,orshouldlearn,anytimethepriceofagoodiskeptbelowthemarketclearingprice,forwhateverreason,someformofnon-pricerationingcomesintoplay.Commonly,thisrationinginvolvesqueuing.Aswithallrationing,queuingmotivatescompetitionaspeopleacttoimprovetheirprospectsofacquiringtheamountofthegoodtheydesire.Andwithqueuingthecompetitioncommonlyinvolvespeoplewaitingincloseproximitytotheircompetitors.Generally,suchcompetitionispeaceableaspeopleabidebywidelyacceptedrulesofconduct,whichforbidpushing,shoving,orcuttinginline.Unfortunately,peaceablecompetitioncanbreakdownasfrustrationturnstoanimositytowardothersinthequeue.Inthispaperweconsiderthecircumstancesunderwhichthecompetitionofqueuingismostlikelytoturnviolent.Whilethereisawell-knownliteratureonrationingandrationingbywaiting(seeespeciallyBarzel,1974;LindsayandFiegenbaum,51

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Title	Queuing, Conflict, and Violence
Authors/Creators:	Dwight R. Lee, University of Georgia and Ball State University Robert D. Tollison, Clemson University
Year:	2009
Volume:	25
Number:	1
Pages:	51 - 68
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Conflict, Market-clearing price, Price elasticities, Violence, Queue, Economic Conflict

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Lee, Dwight R.; Tollison, Robert D. / 2009. "Queuing, Conflict, and Violence." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 25(1): 51-68.