The uncertain potential of policy-learning: A comparative assessment of three varieties

Policy Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-363

  Toens, Katrin ^a   Landwehr, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Deliberation; Imitation; Normative policy analysis; Policy learning; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449587247     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870902863927     Document Type: Review

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