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    Agents can credibly commit to seemingly irrational threat... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The threat to build a sewage disposal plant is incredible and should be ignored by the threatened party.

    Agents can credibly commit to seemingly irrational threats by visibly delegating execution authority to a party with different interests (Schelling, 'The Strategy of Conflict', 1960).

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    Credibly commit(as used in game theory and strategy)
    To make a promise or threat that others genuinely believe you will follow through on, even if it seems like you might change your mind later.
    Delegating execution authority(as used in strategy and decision-making)
    Giving someone else the power to carry out a decision or action on your behalf, so you're no longer fully in control.
    Different interests(as used in game theory)
    When two parties want different outcomes or have different goals, so they would make different choices if left to their own judgment.
    Irrational threats(as used in conflict and negotiation)
    Threats to do something that would hurt you as much as it hurts the other person, so it seems crazy that you'd actually do it.
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    A landmark 1960 book by Thomas Schelling that explores how people and countries can use strategic thinking to gain advantages in conflicts and negotiations.
    Thomas Schelling(game theory and Cold War strategy)
    An American economist and strategist who studied how people and countries make decisions during conflicts and negotiations, focusing on how threats and commitments shape behavior.

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