What Does Escalation Dominance Accomplish

question 53

Multiple Choice

What does escalation dominance accomplish?

• A) It destroys the nuclear capabilities of an adversary.
• B) It prevents an adversary from escalating their threats and forces them to compromise.
• C) It establishes nuclear capabilities on land, at sea, and in the air.
• D) It prevents new states from acquiring nuclear capabilities.

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Definitions:

Quantity Purchased

The total number of units bought of a particular good or service.

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of consumers increases, in contrast to a normal good.

Equilibrium Price

The cost at which the amount of a product or service consumers want to buy matches the amount that manufacturers are willing to sell.

Equilibrium Quantity

The quantity of goods or services that is supplied is exactly equal to the quantity demanded at the equilibrium price.