Introduction: The wasteful and dangerous worldwide nuclear modernization craze

Modernization and dangerous women in Japan.

EDO JAPAN, FEMME FATALES, AND MYTH Group-fantasies of femme fatales are common in Japanese history. The image of an endangered male encountering, or fleeing from, or in the clasp of a dangerous woman is prominent even in Japanese mythology. Before examining mythic motifs, however, we turn to the social environment in which the myths were created as a means of deciphering their meaning. Edo/Toku...

China's Nuclear Force Modernization and the Changing Concept of Nuclear DeteiTence

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Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War

Social Heterogeneity and Wasteful Lobbying

Using a general equilibrium model with endogenous policy, we explore how heterogeneity affects wasteful lobbying by sectoral interest groups. With the help of a simulation approach, we first investigate the impact of information heterogeneity on how lobbies react to a shift from a soft to a strict government budget constraint. Next, we examine how lobbying is influenced by heterogenous percepti...

Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War - - - Some Perspectives