war because it changes the relative bargaining position between states. We find that shifts in military power are not the …In the context of international bargaining, standard models predict that a shift in military power can cause preventive … only cause of war under commitment problems and that commitment problems per se are not necessarily a cause of war even if …

war because it changes the relative bargaining position between states. We find that shifts in military power are not the …In the context of international bargaining, standard models predict that a shift in military power can cause preventive … only cause of war under commitment problems and that commitment problems per se are not necessarily a cause of war even if …

The rise of a new power may lead the dominant power to seek a preventive war. We study this scenario in an experimental … two-stage bargaining game. In each stage, the rising power makes a bargaining offer and the declining power must choose …