Bounded rationality and politics / by Jonathan Bendor ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bendor, Jonathan, Author.

Contributor:

Bendor, Jonathan B.

Series:

Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 6.

The Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Simon, Herbert A. (Herbert Alexander), 1916-2001.

Simon, Herbert A.

Decision making--Political aspects.

Decision making.

Organizational behavior--Political aspects.

Organizational behavior.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Bounded Rationality and Politics, Jonathan Bendor considers two schools of behavioral economics-the first guided by Tversky and Kahneman's work on heuristics and biases, which focuses on the mistakes people make in judgment and choice; the second as described by Gerd Gigerenzer's program on fast and frugal heuristics, which emphasizes the effectiveness of simple rules of thumb. Finding each of these radically incomplete, Bendor's illuminating analysis proposes Herbert Simon's pathbreaking work on bounded rationality as a way to reconcile the inconsistencies between the two camps. Bendor shows that Simon's theory turns on the interplay between the cognitive constraints of decision makers and the complexity of their tasks.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Herbert A. Simon

Chapter 3. Satisficing

Chapter 4. A Model of Muddling Through

Chapter 5. The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Best

Chapter 6. Garbage Can Theory

Chapter 7. Institutions and Individuals

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612772740

9781282772748

1282772740

9780520945517

0520945514

OCLC:

643326996