Decision rules, decision styles and policy choices

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 149-176

  Scharpf, Fritz W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision rules; decision styles; game theory; institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970332043     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: 14603667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692889001002003     Document Type: Article

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