Prospect theory and China’s crisis behaviour under Hu JinTao

Borrowing insights from prospect theory, this paper introduces a ―political survival-prospect‖ model to explain the dynamics of China‘s foreign policy behaviour during crises. I argue that when Chinese leaders are framed in a domain of losses with respect to political survival, a risk-acceptant b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: He, Kai
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82409
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40000