Policy learning, policy diffusion, and the making of a new order

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 598, Issue , 2005, Pages 67-82

  Meseguer, Covadonga ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bounded learning; Emulation; Policy diffusion; Policy reform; Rational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 14144249746     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716204272372     Document Type: Review

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