BORA CMI: Rational Choice and the Problem of Institutions. A discussion of Rational Choice Institutionalism and its Application by Robert Bates

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Title:	Rational Choice and the Problem of Institutions. A discussion of Rational Choice Institutionalism and its Application by Robert Bates
Authors:	Rakner, Lise
Issue Date:	1996
Publisher:	Chr. Michelsen Institute
Series/Report no.:	CMI Working paper WP 1996: 6
Abstract:	The paper discusses and reviews various directions within new institutional economics. A central question of concern is whether theories of institutionalism based within rational choice reasoning provide a theoretical basis for understanding institutional formation and change. The paper presents what is perceived as core elements of rational choice theory, and focus is on new institutionalism in particular. General perspectives are compared to the works of Robert Bates. By way of conc1uding, the paper questions whether rational choice theory, as it evolves to inc1ude an increasing number of factors such as institutions, ideology, norms and culture, may lose its parsimony and strength.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10202/321
ISSN:	0804-3639
Appears in Collections:	CMI Collection (Reports, Working Papers, Articles etc.)

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