Bargaining and Rationalist Explanations for War

Min Ye

Bargaining and Rationalist Explanations for War

Korean Social Science Journal
Abbr : KSSJ
2012, 39(1), pp.37-58
Publisher : Korean Social Science Research Council
Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general

Min Ye ¹

¹Coastal Carolina University

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The traditional division between crisis bargaining and intrawar bargaining lacks sound theoretical grounds and, therefore, fails to capture the nature of using force in international politics. Instead, I propose to integrate traditional crisis bargaining and intrawar bargaining into a continuous process. The difference between a crisis and a war is captured by their bargaining costs and risks in each round of bargaining. The application of the integrated model demonstrates that with complete information the status quo can be revised even if both states are satisfied.

KEYWORDS

crisis bargaining, intrawar bargaining, international conflict, international crisis

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