The effects of stakes and threat on foreign policy decision-making

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 489-509

  Astorino Courtois, Allison ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice rule; Foreign policy decision making; Process tracing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034258368     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00200     Document Type: Article

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