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RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY IN SOCIOLOGY: A METHODOLOGICAL ARGUMENT [PDF]
Revista Română de Sociologie, 2013 În the last years, rational choice theory (RCT) took over a lot of the social sciences, almost polarizing discussions in sociology, such that I was able to hear questions like: are there any other theories in sociology, besides rational choice theory ...
ALEXANDRA GHEONDEA-ELADI
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Rational choice theory and charitable giving [PDF]
Sociološki Pregled, 2019 This paper focuses on rational choice theory and its potential to explain prosocial behaviour, precisely charitable giving, defined as monetary contributions to nonprofit organisations.
Radovanović Bojana S.
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The potentials and limitations of rational choice theory
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2012 Gary S. Becker (Pennsylvania, 1930) is a university professor at the Departments of Economics, Sociology, and the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, Illinois.
Catherine Herfeld
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Behavioral implications of shortlisting procedures [PDF]
, 2012 We consider two-stage “shortlisting procedures” in which the menu of alternatives is first pruned by some process or criterion and then a binary relation is maximized.
Tyson, Christopher J., TYSON, CJ
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Variational Free Energy and Economics Optimizing With Biases and Bounded Rationality
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The purpose of this paper is to offer a new framework for understanding action, optimization, and choice when applied to economic theory more generally.
Morten Henriksen, Morten Henriksen
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The Development of a Theory of Rational Intertemporal Choice
Papers, 2006 The aim of this article is to describe the evolution of a very dynamic theory: the theory of intertemporal choice. I present the first economic thinking on intertemporal decision-making, and expose how it resulted in Samuelson’s famous discounted utility
Germán Loewe
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Rational Choice and EU Politics [PDF]
, 2007 [From the introduction]. Rational choice approaches to politics did not originate in the study of the European Union (EU), nor is ‘rational choice’ as such a theory of European integration or of EU politics.1 Rational choice, like constructivism, should ...
Pollack, Mark A.
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Male Youth Perceptions of Violent Extremism: towards a Test of Rational Choice Theory [PDF]
, 2017 Understanding how people perceive the pros and cons of risky behaviors such as terrorism or violent extremism represents a first step in developing research testing rational choice theory aiming to explain and predict peoples’ intentions to engage in, or
Murray, Jennifer, Dhami, Mandeep K.
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RATIONAL CHOICE INSTITUTIONALISM AND THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY [PDF]
CES Working Papers, 2013 The aim of this paper is to highlight the main aspects regarding the rational choice theory in neo-institutionalism, and the role the EU Neighbourhood Policy has nowadays.
Andreea Maha +1 more
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REASONABLE RISK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY
Правоприменение, 2018 The subject. The article is devoted to analysis of criminal legal issues of reasonable risk.The purpose of the article is to prove the necessity of reasonable risk manangement in crim-inal legal purposes.Methodology.
O. N. Bibik
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