Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Clark, John Westley
URN	etd-11162010-203327
Title	Audience Costs, Initiation, And The Response
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Political Science, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Mark Souva Committee Chair Dale L. Smith Committee Member Will H. Moore Committee Member
Keywords	Audience Costs Signaling Resolve Opposition Reciprocation
Date of Defense	2010-10-28
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Do states that fit the audience cost expectations for effectively signaling preferences and resolve enjoy a greater likelihood of not facing reciprocation for threatening words or uses of force? This paper seeks to theoretically and empirically examine whether audience cost expectations remain when no longer separated along regime types, but instead with audience cost capacity. By examining international crises and directional uses of force I can test an implied theoretical extension of audience cost theory. I use Rousseau et al’s revised ICB dataset with audience cost measures generated based on Weeks theoretical regime classifications. The research indicates that aggregated regimes thought to generate audience costs lose any discernable advantage. It is likely that states in international crises are past the point at which audience costs can effectively be used by leaders.
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