" As political science has come to depend more and more on quantitative methods, with a
significant focus on causal identification (put simply," what causes what"), there has been a …

We propose a simple theory of social norms that models the distinct influence on behavior of
personal values, normative expectations and empirical expectations. The first and second …

We contend that, with a suitably broad notion of rationality and a diverse set of motivations,
the game‐theoretic tradition is particularly well suited for generating insights about effects of …

Research to date has identified CEO pay structure as an important factor in the
environmental and social performance of the organization but has not considered how pay …

We present a game-theoretic model of the social dynamics of belief change in which the
(relevant) logically non-omniscient audience becomes convinced that the speakers' …

Social identity poses one of the most important challenges to rational choice theory, but
rational choice theorists do not hold a common position regarding identity. On one hand …

School choice positions parents as consumers who select schools that maximize their
preferences. This account has been shaped by rational choice theory. In this essay, Terri …

En este trabajo se presentan dos corrientes distintas de la teoría de la elección racional y se
analiza cómo abordan la relación entre identidad social y acción colectiva. Se verá, por un …

Many studies have explored the phenomena of Islamic parties in Indonesia, the largest
predominantly Muslim country in the world. However, little effort has been made to explore …

A developing research program of behavioral political economy can help shed light on
important social and political practices that fall outside the strict rational actor model but that …