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Decision Making as Output and Bounded Rationality

  The classical economics theories proceed on the assumption of rational agents. Rationality implies the economic agents undertake actions or exercise choices based on the cost-benefit analysis they undertake. The assumption further posits that there exists no information asymmetry and thus the agent is aware of all the costs and benefits associated with the choice he or she has exercised. The behavioral school contested the decision stating the decisions in practice are often irrational. Implied there is a continuous departure from rationality. Rationality in the views of the behavioral school is more an exception to the norm rather a rule. The past posts have discussed the limitations of this view by the behavioral school. Economics has often posited rationality in the context in which the choices are exercised rather than theoretical abstract view of rational action. Rational action in theory seems to be grounded in zero restraint situation yet in practice, there are numerous restra

AAP Dilemma Revisited!

Delhi elections are back. It might be an election for a glorified muncipality, yet being the national capital attracts maximum noise. The LS elections of both 2014 and 2019 saw clean sweep by the BJP yet the VS election of 2015 saw clean sweep (almost!) by the AAP. The elections to the local bodies saw convicing BJP victory. It perhaps points to split voting. One has to wait for the verdict of VS'20 to know the future trends. Yet a peek in history is worthwhile. I had attempted to analyse the rise of AAP in the wake of verdict of 2013 VS elections. For more on the same, one can read @ https://t.co/aKH3y2bNGj?amp=1