Article(electronic)September 1992
Rational Choice and the Policy Sciences
In: Review of policy research, Volume 11, Issue 3-4, p. 359-369
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Abstract
This article discusses the possibility of applying deductively based rational choice theories as analytical tools for understanding complex policy problems. It surveys the basic assumptions, axioms and rules of interpretation on which the theory is constructed and some of its important findings. Two of its more interesting results, that of the "paradox of voting" and of the "prisoner's dilemma," are presented and applied herein.
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