The Dove Paradox: A Game Theoretic Analysis of Belligerence Costs

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Brief Overview

This paper builds upon signaling models and suggests that states with more dovish domestic audiences are more likely to stay out of conflict, but if they do engage their signals are less likely to be informative, making war more likely.

Author

• Anthony Vincent Pierucci, Purdue University-Main Campus