Sanctions: Some Simple Analytics

摘要

Governments often seek influence beyond their borders. One way is through what Thomas Schelling (1960, 1966) calls "brute Force," taking direct physical cntrol. Less ex- Treme methods are to promise rewards for tak- Ing desired actions, or to threaten punishments For not carrying them out-"sanctions." Sancitions involve two parties, the sender And the target. (To help identify pronouns' an- Tecedents, we consider a feminine sender and Masculine target.) The sender's objective is to Influence the target by threatening to impose Some measure against him for acting contrary To her interest.