Bargaining and the nature of war

Alastair Smith; Allan C. Stam

doi:10.1177/0022002704268026

Bargaining and the nature of war

Alastair Smith, Allan C. Stam

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Abstract

A model of bargaining embedded within a random-walk model of warfare is developed. The conflict model contains aspects of both lottery-based and war-of-attrition models of conflict. Results show that future disputes are less likely to lead to armed conflict following long rather than short wars. Furthermore, should a subsequent dispute lead to armed conflict, the higher the cost and the longer the previous war, the shorter the conflict is likely to last.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	783-813
Number of pages	31
Journal	Journal of Conflict Resolution
Volume	48
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002704268026
State	Published - Dec 2004

Keywords

Bargaining
Conflict
Military
Random-walk model
Warfare

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Business, Management and Accounting
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations

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