What is the mechanism underlying audience costs? Incompetence, belligerence, and inconsistency

Audience cost theory posits that concern over the nation’s reputation pushes voters to sanction leaders who make empty threats because they tarnish the nation’s honor. We question the empirical support for that theory. We show that survey vignettes in the previous experimental literature conflate au...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of peace research 2019-07, Vol.56 (4), p.575-588
Hauptverfasser:	Nomikos, William G, Sambanis, Nicholas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Audiences Bias Competence Costs Domestic politics Health care expenditures Honor Inconsistency International relations Regular Articles Reputations Respondents Vignettes Voters
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