Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Macdonald, Julia M
• David A. Lake
• Eli Berman
• Lake, David A
• Berman, Eli

Titel

SOUTH KOREA, 1950–53: Exogenous Realignment of Preferences

Ist Teil von

• Proxy Wars, 2019, p.28-52

Ort / Verlag

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The U.S. relationship with South Korea (also the Republic of Korea, or ROK) during the Korean War (1950–53) provides substantial evidence supporting a principal-proxy approach, and shows the benefits that can flow from the principal’s effective use of incentives.¹ In particular, this chapter shows how the use of carefully calibrated rewards and punishments by the United States was able to effectively induce the South Korean government to exert high levels of effort in addressing the North Korean Communist threat, ultimately bringing an end to the Korean War.² During this timeframe, the nature of the disturbance facing the U.S. and