How Do Audience Costs Help to Explain the Democratic Peace

question 73

Multiple Choice

How do audience costs help to explain the democratic peace?

• A)As the audience in a democracy is always against war, it is difficult for a democratic leader to enter into war.
• B)Audience costs no longer explain the democratic peace, as the audience in most democracies has a very weak knowledge of politics.
• C)Audience costs describe the cost to a political leader of reneging on a promise. As there are stronger audience costs in a democracy than in a non-democratic state, democratic leaders are less likely to break a promise and enter into war.
• D)Citizens and leaders in democracies respect the institutions of democracy, not only in their own country, but in other countries as well. They reject the idea of forcibly conquering another democracy.

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Definitions:

Price Effect

The impact that changes in price have on the consumer's choice and allocation of their income.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price level in a given period.

Determinants of Demand

Factors that influence the quantity of a product or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price.

Sum of Demand Curves

The aggregate demand curve that is obtained by horizontally adding individual demand curves in a market.