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      A Quantitative Study of Alliance Structures in the Warring States of Ancient China, 453-221 B.C.

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      Date
      2015-05-21
      Author
      Hu, Cheng-Tai
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This study makes a unique contribution to applied game theory and to the studies of Shiji (Records of Grand Historian) and the Warring States Period of ancient China (453-221B.C.) by constructing and analyzing the annual series of alliance structures or partitions of the seven states during the period of two hundred thirty three years. It shows that twenty six of the eight hundred seventy seven possible partitions were observed, and that the three most frequent partitions were the finest partition (146 years), partitions with four singletons and one three-member coalition (63 years), and partitions with five singletons and one two-member coalition (33 years). Such quantitative results have future applications in alliance studies, game theory, and international economics. They also provide a list of future research topics such as the unknown statistical properties of a series of partition of seven elements with 233 observations.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Economics
      Program
      Economics
      Supervisor
      Zhao, Jingang
      Committee
      Gilchrist, Don; Huq, Mobinul; Keyworth, George
      Copyright Date
      April 2015
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-04-2044
      Subject
      Annual Series of Alliance Structures
      The Finest Partition
      The Hezong Policy
      The Lianheng Policy
      The Warring States.
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