An Overview of the Influence of Domestic Constraints on Crisis Initiation and Termination

Carlson Lisa J. and Dacey Raymond ()
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Carlson Lisa J.: Department of Political Science, University of Idaho, USA
Dacey Raymond: Department of Business, College of Business and Economics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843-3161, USA

Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2013, vol. 19, issue 3, 403-413

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide a formal model of the effects of domestic constraints upon crisis initiation and crisis termination. The model treated here is distilled from an extension of the two-sided incomplete information version of the traditional deterrence game. We employ a two-stage analysis of the decision problem faced by Challenger that formally links the onset of a crisis to the decision over whether to escalate or to back down in a crisis should the Challenger face resistance from the Defender. The results have interesting implications for the empirical analysis of international and domestic interactions, and crisis initiation in particular, in that it provides a foundation for displaying the mechanism of interdependence of crisis initiation and crisis termination.

Keywords: domestic influences; crisis initiation; crisis termination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1515/peps-2013-0033

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