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Some Necessary Conditions for International Policy Coordination

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  • Martin W. Sampson III

    (Political Science Department, University of Minnesota)

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N-actor cooperative game theory may be a useful body of knowledge for understanding aspects of international policy coalitions. Using a 1974 OPEC decision as an illustrative case, this article demonstrates that game theory is a source of ideas about necessary conditions for international policy coordination and also a means of testing those ideas with empirical data. The article considers three sets of possibly necessary conditions: the imputation, the core, and the convex game. The results of the empirical test are supportive of the core as a set of necessary conditions. The test is not supportive of the convex game, which substantively is a more interesting set of necessary conditions. The article concludes with observations about the policy relevance of knowing necessary conditions.

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  • Martin W. Sampson III, 1982. "Some Necessary Conditions for International Policy Coordination," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 26(2), pages 359-384, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:26:y:1982:i:2:p:359-384
    DOI: 10.1177/0022002782026002008
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