TY - BOOK ID - 46373918 TI - Bargaining over the bomb PY - 2019 SN - 9781108477055 9781108630610 9781108701846 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION KW - NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46373918 AB - Can nuclear agreements like the Iran deal work ? This book develops formal bargaining models to show that they can over time, despite apparent incentives to cheat. Existing theories of nuclear proliferation fail to account for the impact of bargaining on the process. The author explores how credible agreements exist in which rival states make concessions to convince rising states not to proliferate and argues in support of nuclear negotiations as effective counter-proliferation tools. This book proves not only the existence of settlements but also the robustness of the inefficiency puzzle. In addition to examining existing agreements, the model used by the author serves as a baseline for modeling other concerns about nuclear weapons. ER -