The rational choice model, also called rational choice theory refers to a set of guidelines that help understand economic and social behaviour. The theory...

Rational choice modeling has a long history in criminology. This method was designed by Cornish and Clarke to assist in thinking about situational crime...

usually focus on either the rational choice model or the analysis of demographic trends in a society. The rational choice model suggests that people look...

Rational choice institutionalism (RCI) is a theoretical approach to the study of institutions arguing that actors use institutions to maximize their utility...

because, like the definition of self-interest in the standard rational choice model, it fails to characterise human behaviour ethically, psychologically...

rational under the rational choice account thus might not always be considered rational under the ecological rationality account. Overall, rational choice...

as in rational choice theory or Downs' political agency model. The concept of bounded rationality complements the idea of rationality as optimization...

Rational choice (also termed rationalism) is a prominent framework in international relations scholarship. Rational choice is not a substantive theory...

no real reward; models based on these assumptions are called rational choice models. These assumptions are weakened in behavioral models of decision-making...

Richard Fenno's works to build his own argument and present his own rational choice model for members of Congress. Mayhew claims that the book is theoretical;...

Vilfredo Pareto—built mathematical models on these economic assumptions. In the 20th century, the rational choice theory of Lionel Robbins came to dominate...

of rational choice is a branch of probability, economics, and analytic philosophy that uses the tools of expected utility and probability to model how...

his Book Essence of Decision 1971/1999) The rational actor model is based on rational choice theory. The model adopts the state as the primary unit of analysis...

California, San Diego. Popkin has played a role in the development of rational choice models in political science. He is also noted for his work as a pollster...

rationality makes more sense for such models. Others think that any kind of rationality along the lines of rational choice theory is a useless concept for understanding...

of standard rational choice models—which assume voters have "selfish" preferences—to explain voter turnout in large elections, public choice economists...

Bureau-shaping is a rational choice model of bureaucracy and a response to the budget-maximization model. It argues that rational officials will not want...

The rational planning model is a model of the planning process involving a number of rational actions or steps. Taylor (1998) outlines five steps, as...

speculative. Several tentative hypotheses have been suggested. A simple rational choice model might suggest that illegal copying is accepted simply because it...

influences on decision-making. Emotional choice theory is considered an alternative model to rational choice theory and constructivist perspectives. Markwica...

addictions are actually a sequence of rational, welfare maximizing choices.[citation needed] The original theory models addictions as the implementation of...

in economics, particularly public choice theory, but also used in other disciplines which study rationality and choice, including philosophy (epistemology)...

Rational egoism (also called rational selfishness) is the principle that an action is rational if and only if it maximizes one's self-interest. As such...

between possible agreements, following the conduct predicted by the rational choice model. It is particularly assumed that each player's preferences regarding...

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The budget-maximizing model is a stream of public choice theory and rational choice analysis in public administration inaugurated by William Niskanen...

To an outside observer, their choices may appear random. One way to model this behavior is called stochastic rationality. It is assumed that each agent...

'principle of rationality' is the assumption that people are instrumental in trying to reach their goals, and this is what drives the model. Popper believed...

Trade-off talking rational economic person (TOTREP) is one term, among others, used to denote, in the field of choice analysis, the rational, human agent of...

public choice cannot explain why people vote due to limitations in rational choice theory. For example, from the viewpoint of rational choice theory,...