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100	1		_aHOROWITZ Michael
700			_aMcDERMOTT Rose
700			_aSTAM Allan C
245			_aLeader age, regime type, and violent international relations / _cby Michael Horowitz, Rose McDermott, Allan C Stam
260			_c2005
520			_aUsing a dataset of 100,000 two-state confrontations that occurred between 1875 and 2002, this article considers the relationship between the age of political leaders, the type of regime they lead, and the propensity for armed dispute. Finds that, in general, as leaders get older they become more likely to both start and escalate militarized disputes. However in personalist regimes as leader age increases the relative risk of conflict declines in comparison to other types of regime. By contrast increasing leader age in democracies increases the relative risk propensity. Indicates the importance of these findings for international diplomacy, crisis bargaining, and international game playing theories.
650			_aLEADERSHIP
650			_aAGE
650			_aCAUSES OF WAR
650			_aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
650			_aDIPLOMACY
690			_aMiscellaneous
773			_aThe Journal of Conflict Resolution: _gVol 49 No 5, October 2005, pp.601-685
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