Strategie ambiguity and arms proliferation

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1023-1057

  Baliga, Sandeep ^a   Sjöström, Tomas ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WEAPON;

EID: 58749112545     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595016     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Ayres, Ian, and Steven D. Levitt. 1998. "Measuring Positive Externalities from Unobservable Victim Precaution: An Empirical Analysis of Lojack." Q.J.E. 113 (February): 43-77.
2. Baliga, Sandeep, and Tomas Sjöström. 2004. "Arms Races and Negotiations." Rev. Econ. Studies 71 (April): 351-69.
3. Banks, Jeffrey S., and Joel Sobel. 1987. "Equilibrium Selection in Signaling Games." Econometrica 55 (May) : 647-62.
4. Battaglini, Marco. 2002. "Multiple Referrals and Multidimensional Cheap Talk." Econometrica 70 (July): 1379-1401.
5. Bond, Philip. 2004. "Bank and Nonbank Financial Intermediation. " J. Finance 59 (December): 2489-2530.
6. Cho, In-Koo, and David M. Kreps. 1987. "Signaling Games and Stable Equilibria." Q.J.E. 102 (May): 179-221.
7. Crawford, Vincent P., and Joel Sobel. 1982. "Strategic Information Transmission." Econometrica 50 (November): 1431-51.
8. Gordon, Michael R., and Bernard E. Trainor. 2006. Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq. New York: Pantheon.
9. Green, Jerry R., and Nancy L. Stokey. 2007. "A Two-Person Game of Information Transmission." J. Econ. Theory 135 (July): 90-104.
10. Grossman, Sanford J. 1981. "The Informational Role of Warranties and Private Disclosure about Product Quality." J. Law and Econ. 24 (December) : 461-83
11. Hecker, Siegfried S. 2004. "Prepared Statement." In An Update on North Korean Nuclear Developments: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate. 108th Cong., 2nd sess., January 21.
12. Krishna, Vijay, and John Morgan. 2001. "A Model of Expertise." Q.J.E. 116 (May) : 747-75.
13. Lott, John R., and David B. Mustard. 1997. "Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns."J. Legal Studies 26 (January): 1-68.
14. Matthews, Steven A. 1989. "Veto Threats: Rhetoric in a Bargaining Game." Q.J.E. 104 (May): 347-69.
15. Myre, Gregory. 2006. "In a Slip, Israel's Leader Seems to Confirm Its Nuclear Arsenal." New York Times (December 12), A5.
16. Norris, Robert S., William M. Arkin, Hans M. Kristensen, and Joshua Handler. 2002. "Pakistan's Nuclear Forces, 2001." Bull. Atomic Scientists 58 (January/ February): 70-71
17. Norris, Robert S., and Hans M. Kristensen. 2005. "India's Nuclear Forces, 2005." Bull. Atomic Scientists 61. (September/October): 73-75
18. Schrage, Michael. 2003. "No Weapons, No Matter. We Called Saddam's Bluff." Washington Post (May 11), B2.
19. Sobel, Joel. 1992. "How (and When) to Communicate with Enemies." In Equilibrium and Dynamics, edited by Mukul Majumdar. London: Macmillan.
20. Takeyh, Ray. 2005. "Prepared Statement." In WMD Terrorism and Proliferent States: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack of the Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives. 109th Cong., 1st sess., September 8.
21. Townsend, Robert M. 1979. "Optimal Contracts and Competitive Markets with Costly State Verification." J. Econ. Theory 21 (October): 265-93.
22. Woods, Kevin, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray. 2006. "Saddam's Delusions: The View from the Inside." Foreign Affairs 85 (May/June): 2-26.