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Oct 24, 2013 - This serves to increase the incidence of unintended wars. Finally, Fearon (1995, 401-8) argues that the commitment problem also explains the incidence of war Current rationalist explanations of war have been influenced by the treatment of war as a bargaining problem. This treatment introduces what is termed the We place such explanations within the rationalist explanations because it can be the fully rational agents end up in war because of their uncertainty about theHarrison, “The Causes of Peace,” in Licklider, Roy A., ed., Stopping the Killing: How Civil Wars End (New York: New York University Press, 1993), pp. 235–68 More narrowly, some wars may occur when the political gains to the aggressor exceed the material costs of the war to the other side. Here there is no rational side Leaders that start wars enjoy the benefits, but don't pay the costs. 0 Even rational leaders who consider the risks and costs of war still might fight anyway. Oct 16, 2011 - Fearon. 1995. Rationalist explanations for war. International Organization 49 (3): 379-414. "On close inspection none of the rationalist arguments advanced in Fearon wishes to provide an answer to the puzzle of war: it is costly, yet states fight. He finds that three types of answers have been given thus far: 1) that people