Cheap signals with costly consequences: The effect of interstate relations on civil war

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 937-961

  Thyne, Clayton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining theory; Civil war; International relations; Signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750536458     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002706293675     Document Type: Article

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