Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/159580 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 739
Publisher: 
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), Bologna
Abstract: 
We model the perspective faced by nuclear powers involved in a supergame where nuclear deterrence is used to stabilise peace. This setting allows us to investigate the bearings of defensive weapons on the effectiveness of deterrence and peace stability, relying on one-shot optimal punishments. We find that the sustainability of peace is unaffected by defensive shields if both countries have them, while a unilateral endowment of such weapons has destabilising consequences.
JEL: 
C73
F51
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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