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Judgments, Decisions, and Public Policy (Cambridge Series on Judgment and Decision Making) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 3: Cambridge Series on Judgment and Decision Making
 
9780521660846: Judgments, Decisions, and Public Policy (Cambridge Series on Judgment and Decision Making)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 052166084X ISBN 13: 9780521660846
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

When people make judgments and choices, especially when faced with uncertainty, they behave in a manner that seems complex and irrational. Cognitive psychologists have identified and organized these patterns of behavior into a descriptively accurate model of human judgments and choices called behavioral decision theory. Incorporating this theory's insights in public policy analysis will enhance our ability to design better policies and enable us to understand the limits of effective regulation.

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Review

Review of the hardback: '... a useful and stimulating addition to the Cambridge series. It illustrates well the breadth of areas where behavioural decision theory can inform our understanding of the patterns of behaviour and response we encounter. It identifies the fact that we are at the stage where we are becoming only too uncomfortably aware of the magnitude and diversity of the challenges - but where, as yet, we have only reached a limited understanding of how to take proper account of them in the formulation and implementation of public policy.' Journal of Risk Research

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052166084X
ISBN 13 
9780521660846
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
386
Editor
Gowda Rajeev, Fox Jeffrey C.