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Bounded Rationality
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The term ‘bounded rationality’ is used to designate rational choice that takes into account the cognitive limitations of the decision-maker — limitations of both knowledge and computational capacity. Bounded rationality is a central theme in the behavioural approach to economics, which is deeply concerned with the ways in which the actual decision–making process influences the decisions that are reached.
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- Simon, H. A.
- Corresponding author
- Simon, Herbert A.
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- Utility and Probability
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
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- 1990
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- Keywords
- bounded rationality, rational choice, cognitive limitations, computational power, behavioral economics, decision-making, limits of knowledge
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