Bargaining over International Multilateral Agreements

The Duration of Negotiations

Bibliographic Data

ID11895646
AuthorsNicole Simonelli (Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author), Nicole M Simonelli
Year2011
Volume37
Issue2
Pages147-169
Publication date2011-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Interactions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-0629 • E-ISSN: 1547-7444
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03050629.2011.568845
OpenAlexW2047869317
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited36

This article examines the duration of international multilateral agreement negotiations. Based on propositions in the literature concerning factors which may have an effect on the length of negotiations, I derive testable hypotheses concerning the involvement of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations in the negotiation process, the number of negotiating parties, and the duration of the agreement. These hypotheses are tested using new data collected from the negotiations of 168 multilateral agreements. I find that whether a nonstate actor makes the first proposal does have an effect on the duration of multilateral agreement negotiations, but this relationship is conditional on issue area. In particular, when an intergovernmental organization makes the first proposal for security-related agreements, negotiations are longer, but the opposite is true for non-security agreement

Business · Duration (music · Economics · International economics · International trade · Negotiation · Political science · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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