The analysis develops the ingredients for credibility in - TopicsExpress

The analysis develops the ingredients for credibility in commercial, criminal, and international contexts, including the cost of executing a threat, the role of repeat play, and the calculus of what we call secondary credibility – the likelihood that a threat will be carried out even though the target complies and the danger that compliance will bring about another threat. It then turns to situations in which a threat-maker can enhance credibility by proceeding in stages; a threat is often more credible if its execution has begun...