Regime type and bilateral treaty formalization: Do too many cooks spoil the soup?

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 698-726

  Garriga, Ana Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral bargaining; Domestic constraints; Regime type; Treaties; Two level games

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349488736     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709341403     Document Type: Article

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