Accession Number:
AD0641855
Title:
AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF ALLIANCES
Descriptive Note:
Memorandum
Corporate Author:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1966-10-01
Pagination or Media Count:
45.0
Abstract:
The report presents a new theoretical model of military alliances and other international organizations. The assumptions basic to the model are that nations act in their own best interests and that there is a public goods aspect to all joint undertakings. The main conclusions drawn from the analysis are that 1 a less than optimal amount of resources will be devoted to an alliance or other international organization 2 the burden of an alliance will be borne in a disproportional way, the larger members paying more than their proportional share. Empirical data from NATO and the United Nations are presented in support of these conclusions.
Subject Categories:
- Economics and Cost Analysis
- Government and Political Science