This paper reviews four economic theories of leadership selection in conflict settings. The 'credibility rationale … doves are more likely to secure peace, post-conflict hawks may be rationally selected. The 'social psychological rationale …', argues that hawks may actually be necessary to initiate peace agreements. The 'bargaining rationale' predicts that while …

wisdom that doves are more likely to secure peace, but post-conflict there are good reasons for hawks to be rationally …This paper reviews four economic theories of leadership selection in conflictual settings. The first of these by … Cukierman and Tomassi (1998) labeled the ‘information rationale’, argues that hawks may actually be necessary to initiate peace …

wisdom that doves are more likely to secure peace, but post-conflict there are good reasons for hawks to be rationally …This paper reviews four economic theories of leadership selection in conflictual settings. The first of these by … Cukierman and Tomassi (1998) labeled the ‘information rationale’, argues that hawks may actually be necessary to initiate peace …

the incentives. Seemingly effective institutions that improve the chance of peace for a given distribution of military … strength, can actually lower the chance of peace once one accounts for distortions to militarization decisions. To illustrate …

-- List of figures -- About the editors -- About the contributors -- Introduction -- SECTION 1: PEACE LEADERSHIP IN … PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER 1: THE NATURE AND MEANING OF PEACE LEADERSHIP -- Spotlight: Nelson Mandela -- Introduction -- The nature … and definition of peace and peace leadership -- Research with regard to peace leadership -- The role of leaders in …