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Spatial modeling of bargaining among stakeholders in energy policy : the case of Japanese nuclear plants

Hatipoglu, Emre; Efird, Brian; Al Muhanna, Saleh - 2022

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Renewables and the future of geopolitics : revisiting main concepts of international relations from the lens of renewables

Hatipoglu, Emre; Al Muhanna, Saleh; Efird, Brian - In: Russian journal of economics 6 (2020) 4, pp. 358-373

The development of renewable energy is often treated as a purely positive outcome for the world, without consideration of the challenges that come with implementation at scale, which will inevitably follow with the process of a global energy transition. Studies on the political process of the...

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From war to integration: generalizing the dynamic of power transitions

Efird, Brian; Kugler, Jacek; Genna, Gaspare M. - 2003

Generalizing the dynamics implied by power transition theory, we characterize the structural conditions that lead nations to initiate conflict or choose to integrate. The relationship between changes in relative power, hierarchical structures, and joint satisfaction are used to identify the...

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From war to integration : generalizing the dynamic of power transitions

Efird, Brian (contributor); Kugler, Jacek (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Growth Database. World Bank. http://www.worldbank.org/research/growth/GDNdata.htm. Efird, Brian. 2001. From Conflict to … Integration: A Generalized Power Transition Dynamic. Ph.D. Dissertation. Efird, Brian, Jacek Kugler, and Gaspare M. Genna …. 2001. “Explaining Integration and War Through a Power Transition Dynamic,” working paper. 24 Efird, Brian, and Jacek …

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From War to Integration: Generalizing the Dynamic of Power Transitions

Efird, Brian; Kugler, Jacek; Genna, Gaspare M. - Economics Department, Claremont McKenna College - 2002

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The Political Future of Afghanistan and Its Implications for US Policy

Kugler, Jacek; Yesilada, Birol; Efird, Brian - In: Conflict Management and Peace Science 20 (2003) 1, pp. 43-71

This paper provides a forecast of the likely consequences of ongoing US military activity in Afghanistan, and assesses the implications of a change in the current US policy toward that nation. We use a game theoretic, bounded rationality model, called the Expected Utility model, to analyze the...

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Structural Conditions and the Propensity for Regional Integration

Efird, Brian; Genna, Gaspare M. - In: European Union Politics 3 (2002) 3, pp. 267-295

This paper proposes a theory for regional integration based on structural conditions. By applying power transition theory, we are able to account for and anticipate not only the tendency for pairs of countries to participate in integration, but the likely intensity of such integration as well....

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