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Showing 1 to 20 of 228 for “"Deterrence"”.
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Is nuclear deterrence rational?
… give a brief history of the concept of "nuclear deterrence." Next I discuss ways of approaching the subject that conform to popular views. I reject the Scripture's "an eye for an eye" principle as a basis for nuclear strategy decisions and claim that a utilitarian model is acceptable. In Chapter …
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Deterrence and urinalysis of probationers
… The research addresses questions regarding deterrence and the accuracy of the urine testing program. Results indicate that there was little difference between groups of offenders who reported using drugs while in the testing program. A comparison of the office testing procedures and the …
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Deterrence, punishment severity and drink-driving
… thesis tests one of the major propositions of deterrence theory: that increases in the severity of punishment can reduce the likelihood of offending. To this end, a case study in which the statutory penalties were doubled for almost all drink-driving offences in New South Wales, Australia, is …
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A Network Approach to Nuclear Deterrence
This paper expands upon current deterrence literature by utilizing network analysis to represent deterrence relations based on the possession of nuclear weapons between states in the international system instead of traditional game theoretical models. Four networks are created representing ties of …
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Capacity, entry deterrence, and horizontal merger
… examines the free-rider problem of entry deterrence, the profitability of a horizontal merger, and the effects of a horizontal merger on the outsiders’ profits and industry prices, in the markets where firms' capacity costs are sunk. We investigate the free-rider problem of entry …
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Robustness: A New US Cyber Deterrence Strategy
… provokes the necessity for a comprehensive cyber deterrence strategy to deter aggressors from attacking U.S. critical infrastructure. The current U.S. cyber deterrence strategy based on punishment is ineffective in deterring aggressors as evidenced by the increasing number of computer network …
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Strategic firm behavior and entry deterrence: three essays
… consists of three independent chapters on entry deterrence. The first two chapters consider the use of contracts as a barrier to entry, while the final chapter examines the possibility of firms expanding their product lines to deter entry in a vertical differentiation model. In Chapter 1, the …
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North Korea's Nuclear Doctrine and U.S. Tailored Deterrence
U.S. deterrence capabilities on the Korean Peninsula function as the main component to ensuring the safety of American allies and preventing a cascade of nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asia. However, since North Korea's 2006 nuclear test, the American security commitment on the Korean Peninsula …
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Sex offender registry acts: Deterrence or moral panic?
<p>Sex offender registries were created as a means for law enforcement to track rapists and pedophiles to help quickly resolve sex cases. It evolved into a much larger system with many consequences. This evolution has been hastened by a moral panic based on bad facts and fueled by strong public …
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From deterrence to emboldening: unveiling alliance commitments dynamics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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The deterrence of nuclear terrorism through an attribution capability
The state of the world is such that the pace of nuclear weapons proliferation appears to be increasing. The growing number of nuclear states and amount of nuclear material available poses a great challenge to those that would attempt to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists and other …
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Reversing the Tao: A Framework for Credible Space Deterrence
… of the realities of the current DoD space deterrence concept, its shortcomings and the threat that these shortcomings pose to the United States and its Allies if a more realistic, credible space deterrence concept is not created and deployed. To highlight these shortcomings, a review of …
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Strategic Entry Deterrence In the Pharmaceutical Industry: Revisiting Product Proliferation
… current paper by Ellison on the existence entry-deterrence motives for strategic investments, specifically product proliferation. Entry deterrence is not possible in large markets and not necessary in small markets, so if investments vary in intermediate markets, then they are motivated by entry …
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Nuclear Weapons: Prospects For Deterrence and Proliferation in the Modern Era
… desires to maintain the effectiveness of nuclear deterrence and cope with the possibility of nuclear proliferation.
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The Impact Of An Alcohol Deterrence Policy On College Students' Behavior
… alcohol control policy to determine its deterrence impact on students. By surveying students who have been sanctioned under the alcohol control policy, the researcher sought to gain insight on the strengths and weaknesses of the policy as well as to use these responses as an opportunity …
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Signaling, Extended Deterrence, and Regional Conflict Escalation: A Game Theory Model
… game model which implements an extended deterrence situation. I solved the game for perfect Bayesian equilibrium and got seven equilibria, five of them pooling and two separating. Further examination of these equilibria revealed that only two patterns of equilibrium behavior are …
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From top to bottom: rhetoric in the hierarchy of focused deterrence stakeholders
… and practice in a unique, multi-agency focused deterrence initiative in Kansas City, Missouri (KC-NoVA). By focusing on a single organizational component of the initiative--probation and parole--this research examines the extent to which policy rhetoric is both reflected in implementation and …
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