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Rational Choice

Rational Choice is a decision or selection among alternatives in which an agent, given a consistent preference ordering, beliefs about consequences, and situational constraints, chooses the option that maximizes expected utility according to those preferences and beliefs.

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Rational Choice Theory

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Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital

James S. Coleman · American Journal of Sociology · 1988 · 25.4K citations

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An Economic Theory of Democracy.

Edward C. Banfield, Anthony J. Downs · Midwest Journal of Political Science · 1958 · 18.9K citations

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The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice

Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman · Science · 1981 · 17.3K citations

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A BEHAVIORAL MODEL OF RATIONAL CHOICE

Herbert A. Simon · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1955 · 15.3K citations

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Rules Rather than Discretion: The Inconsistency of Optimal Plans

Finn E. Kydland, Edward C. Prescott · Journal of Political Economy · 1977 · 7.9K citations

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Authors

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  1. RS
    Robert Sugden

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    32 publications · 7.8K citations

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  2. CR
    Cass R. Sunstein

    Harvard University, United States

    25 publications · 3.4K citations

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  3. GG
    Gerd Gigerenzer

    Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

    23 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. HA
    Herbert A. Simon

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    17 publications · 25.6K citations

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  5. JE
    Jon Elster

    University of Chicago, United States

    14 publications · 6.3K citations

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Institutions

1.9K

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    48 h-index

    106 publications

    12.2K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    46 h-index

    91 publications

    19.5K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    46 h-index

    103 publications

    45.1K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    41 h-index

    92 publications

    18.9K citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    40 h-index

    92 publications

    9K citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    40 h-index

    81 publications

    10.3K citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    38 h-index

    86 publications

    8.9K citations

  8. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    86 publications

    12.9K citations

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  1. American Economic Review

    100 publications · 24.5K citations

    66

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  2. Econometrica

    93 publications · 23K citations

    56

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 267 publications · 10.6K citations

    51

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 89 publications · 19.5K citations

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  5. The Economic Journal

    87 publications · 13.6K citations

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