Further Twenty Years of Pathologies? Is Rational Choice better than it used to be?

S Hug - Swiss Political Science Review, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Twenty years ago the publication of “Pathologies of rational choice” by Donald Green and
Ian Shapiro (1994) stimulated a large debate about the usefulness of rational choice …

Is an ultimatum the last word on crisis bargaining?

M Fey, B Kenkel - The Journal of Politics, 2021‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
We investigate how the structure of the international bargaining process affects the
resolution of crises. Despite the vast diversity in bargaining protocols, we find that there is a …

The politics of special purpose trust funds

VZ Eichenauer, S Hug - Economics & Politics, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, bilateral donors of foreign aid have increased their use of special
purpose trust funds to provide earmarked aid to multilateral organizations. This paper …

Political instability and the failure of deterrence

L Di Lonardo, SA Tyson - The Journal of Politics, 2022‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
To study the conceptual foundations of deterrence, we develop a model of an international
crisis between a country seeking to maintain a peaceful status quo (Defender), and a …

Empirically assessing the bargaining theory of war: potential and challenges

EA Gartzke, P Poast - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2017‏ - oxfordre.com
What explains war? The so-called bargaining approach has evolved quickly in the past two
decades, opening up important new possibilities and raising fundamental challenges to …

[PDF][PDF] Costly signaling, resolve, and martial effectiveness

P Arena - Manuscript, University of Buffalo, 2013‏ - academia.edu
Costly signaling has become a primary prescription for peace. Yet, as I demonstrate in this
paper, costly signaling can only eliminate uncertainty about resolve. When states are …

[PDF][PDF] Competitive Diplomacy in Bargaining and War

JJ Ruggiero - Unpublished Manuscript, Princeton University, 2024‏ - josephjruggiero.com
War is often viewed as a bargaining problem. However, prior to bargaining, countries can
vie for leverage by expending effort on diplomacy. This article presents a dynamic model of …

Talking to the enemy: Explaining the emergence of peace talks in interstate war

OS Mastro, DA Siegel - Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Why are some states open to talking while fighting while others are not? We argue that a
state considering opening negotiations is concerned not only with the adverse inference that …

On some connections between negotiating while fighting and bargaining between a buyer and seller

A Meirowitz - Games, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
We point out an equivalence between a class of games in which players negotiate while
fighting and a class of games in which a buyer and seller negotiate over terms. Importantly …

Uncertainty in crisis bargaining with multiple policy options

B Kenkel, P Schram - American Journal of Political Science, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Formal models commonly characterize interstate bargaining as dichotomous, ending in
either war or peace. But there are many forms of coercion—including supporting rebel …