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BL
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960944
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b715314
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| Main Entry
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Engel, Christoph,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Generating predictability : : institutional analysis and institutional design /\ Christoph Engel.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0511137443
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: 0511490038
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: 6610431639
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: 9780511137440
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: 9780511490033
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: 9786610431632
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0511135270
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0521851394
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9780511135279
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9780521851398
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-307) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The psychological predictability problem -- Rational choice responses -- Behaviourally informed responses -- Behaviourally determined responders -- Outlook : implications for interaction with higher complexity -- Predictability at the crossroads of competing institutionalisms.
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| Abstract
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This book develops an argument to explain the unpredictability of the behaviour of individuals. The author then highlights the danger of institutional reforms undermining the very capacity to generate predictability which is so central to their success.
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Human behavior.
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Social institutions.
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Human behavior.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Social Psychology.
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Social institutions.
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| Dewey Classification
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302
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HF5548.8.E498 2005eb
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