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

dc.contributor.author	Rakner, Lise
dc.date.accessioned	2008-03-05T08:49:07Z
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-29T09:13:06Z
dc.date.available	2008-03-05T08:49:07Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-29T09:13:06Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.identifier.issn	0804-3639
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2436027
dc.description.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.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Chr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WP 1996: 6
dc.title	Rational Choice and the Problem of Institutions. A discussion of Rational Choice Institutionalism and its Application by Robert Bates
dc.type	Working paper