A Theory of Regret: How Past Actions Shape Leaders’ Beliefs about Threat Perceptions

• In Event: Threat Perception and Foreign Policy

Brief Overview

I use regret to explain crisis behavioural pattern. I argue regret-prone leaders are more likely to behave differently in next crisis. I illustrate this using existing neuroticism scores for US Presidents with MID, and Lyndon Johnson’s decisions.

Author

• Shing Hon Lam, The University of Hong Kong