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Entry Deterrence in the Commons

International Economic Review, 1994
Summary: We analyze a common property resource model with a single incumbent firm that faces future potential entry of a rival. The cost of harvest from the resource is a function of the stock size. By drawing down current stock sufficiently, which lowers future stock, the incumbent can make entry unprofitable. We analyze the conditions under which the
Polasky, Stephen, Manson, Charles
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Brown on Deterrence

Science, 1977
Some insight into Secretary of Defense Harold Brown's views on deterrence may be gained from the following excerpts from an address titled "Strategic Force Structure and Strategic Arms Limitations" he delivered at the Institute of U.S. Studies of the Soviet Academy of Science in Moscow in March 1975.
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Deterrence and Defence

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1981
The concepts of defense and deterrence each have their own logic, but military doctrines combining the two lead to self-contradiction and erode the credibility of each.
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The Concept of Deterrence and Deterrence Theory

2017
Deterrence is an old practice, readily defined and described, widely employed but unevenly effective and of questionable reliability. Elevated to prominence after World War II and the arrival of nuclear weapons, deterrence became the central recourse for sustaining international and internal security and stability among and within states in an era of ...
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The calculus of deterrence

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1963
A persistent problem for American political and military planners has been the question of how to defend “third areas.” How can a major power make credible an intent to defend a smaller ally from attack by another major power? Simply making an explicit promise to defend an ally, whether that promise is embodied in a formal treaty or merely in a ...
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EXECUTIONS AS A DETERRENT TO HOMICIDE

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1979
For the period 1977–1992, the number of homicides in a state tended to decrease more often after a year of no executions than after a year with one or more executions, the opposite of a deterrent effect.
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THE LIMITS OF DETERRENCE

The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 1938
The whole animal kingdom may be divided into terrorizers and terrorized specimen. Every living being flees harm. With tense senses an animal watches approaching or imminent danger. This tension emerges in consciousness as fear or fright, or however we may label the various features of behavior in risk-situations. Fear is a danger signal.
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Deterrence: The Problem—Not the Solution

SAIS Review, 1985
(1986). Deterrence: The problem ‐ not the solution. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 9, Dilemmas of Nuclear Strategy, pp. 25-42.
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Deterrence Is Dead. Long Live Deterrence

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2006
Twenty years ago philosopher Anthony Kenny (1985, ix) could confidently assert that deterrence was “the key concept for the understanding of the strategy and diplomacy of the age.” Obviously, much has transpired since Kenny made his claim. In 1989 the Berlin Wall was dismantled. Two years later, the Soviet Union disintegrated.
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The deterrence issue

The Lancet, 2002
Ediriweera, Desapriya, Iwase, Nobutada
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