Leading questions

"In Leading Questions, Robert Pahre develops a series of formal models to determine under what conditions leadership will be beneficial or harmful for the international political economy."--BOOK JACKET. "Pahre's findings challenge conventional wisdom on international leadership. He finds that a leading state harms others when it has many allies, but strengthens the international political economy when it lacks allies. Moreover, though leaders are less likely to engage in international cooperation than are other states, having a leader in the system makes cooperation among follower states m...