Implications of the sunk cost effect and regional proximity for public support for Canada’s mission in Kandahar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9941008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yannick Veilleux-Lepage (0000-0002-5236-8734, Ottawa, ON, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 346-358 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020702013492536 |
| OpenAlex | W2057825820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Much of the literature on casualty sensitivity suggests that there is an inverse correlation between casualty levels and public support for war. It also suggests that a public will be more sensitive to local casualties. This article tests these pre-existing theses using data from Canada's participation in the war in southern Afghanistan between February 2006 and 2011. Studying the impact of both provincial and nationwide casualties, it finds no evidence to support these assumptions. Instead, this study finds strong indications that nationwide casualties led to a short-term increase in public support for the Afghan mission. This result is attributed to the sunk cost effect
Afghan · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Public support · Sunk costs · Disaster Response and Management · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |