The current study sets out to investigate the relationships among three interconnected
dimensions, that is hiding knowledge by the Government, the realized absorptive capacity …

The rationalist bargaining literature explains how public statements and military
mobilizations can signal resolve. But recent political psychology scholarship shows how …

This paper applies the logic of commitment problems to deliver insights about the 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the canonical crisis bargaining framework, an anticipated …

Purpose Counter-knowledge is knowledge learned from unverified sources and can be
classified as good (ie harmful, for instance, funny jokes) or bad (for example, lies to …

Conventional models of bargaining and reassurance under incomplete information assume
that actors' behavioral signals are objectively cooperative or noncooperative. Even if actors …

This article demonstrates that foreign policies of reciprocity entail previously unrecognized
tradeoffs. The conventional wisdom in international relations holds that reciprocating …

In many political contexts, antagonistic actors face a tradeoff. Broadly, they profit from
noncooperative actions. But taking those actions signals unfriendly preferences to their …

A central focus of China's grand strategy has been to reassure other states that its rise is non-
threatening. Yet, a large theoretical literature indicates that rising states' reassurance signals …

Scholars typically associate leader turnover with a high risk of military conflict. This article
shows that under some conditions, a higher likelihood of leader turnover in the future fosters …

Although it is not clear what positive and negative effects knowledge hiding may have on
citizens, some Governments have tried to address the crisis caused by COVID-19 through …