Causal beliefs and war termination: religion and rational choice in the Iran-Iraq War

This article analyzes the length of interstate wars and the process of reaching a mutually acceptable bargaining solution. Rational choice scholarship has mainly sought to explain long wars in terms of commitment problems and private information. This article complements these rational choice perspe...

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Main Author: Nilsson, Marco (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publ. 2018
In: Journal of peace research
Year: 2018, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-106
Further subjects:B Role
B Learning
B End of a war
B Rational choice
B Iran
B Conflict
B Religion
B Iraq
B Course of
B Meaning
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