Kenneth Shepsle
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| Born | September 10, 1945 |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Alma mater | University of Rochester University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Thesis | Essays on risky choice in electoral competition (1970) |
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| Discipline | Political science |
| School or tradition | Rochester school[1] |
| Institutions | Harvard University Washington University in St. Louis |
Kenneth Shepsle (born September 10, 1945) is an American political scientist who is influential for rational choice scholarship.[2] He is George D. Markham professor of government at Harvard University, and a research associate at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science there.[3] He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences.[4][5][2]
As an undergraduate, he majored in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2] His doctorate is from University of Rochester.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Amadae, S.M.; Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce (June 1999). "The Rochester School: The origins of positive political theory". Annual Review of Political Science. 2 (1): 280. doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.2.1.269.
- ^ a b c d Cohn, Jonathan (1999-10-25). "Irrational Exuberance". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ "About Kenneth A. Shepsle". Kenneth A. Shepsle. Harvard University. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Kenneth Shepsle". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "ChapterS" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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