...This chapter describes the implications of the results for circumstances in which presidents do not have better information than citizens. Citizens' policy preferences have a substantial impact on the president's role in policymaking, both in terms of executive power and decision making. When...

..., and modernity remain both salient and powerful when it comes to explaining and justifying policy making and decision making. The chapter also evaluates theoretical and functional arguments put forward by proponents of standards of civilization for the contemporary era. Collingwood R G Lippman Walter modernity...

... their position in university affairs weakened as a result. Rather than promoting interdisciplinarity as an objective, better ways to strengthen the liberal arts and science disciplines are considered. antidisciplinarity applied fields centralization of decision making cluster hiring faculty power...

...Premises are especially likely to influence officials in the identification of problems, the first stage of decision making. Sometimes they lead decisionmakers to assume a problem exists, making them less likely to devote attention to the collection and evaluation of evidence regarding the problem...

... rationality and motivated reasoning provide the potential for predispositions to exercise a powerful influence on decision making. They often distort leaders’ processing of information and bias them against changing their minds. In cases such as the Vietnam War and Iraq War, policymakers mistakenly assumed...

... challenges are essentially public. They put the company on stage and frequently engage highly motivated, often hostile advocates. Such challenges can arise from any area of day-to-day decision making, but executives tend to make decisions without consideration for their reputational impact. The key skill...

... effectiveness acceptability curve CEAC one and two way sensitivity analysis expected value of partial perfect information EVPPI Pharmacogenetics Decision theory Genetic testing Cost-effectiveness Precision medicine A key objective of precision medicine is to guide health care decision-making with genetic...

... the policy. ¹¹ (After Xi Jinping’s rise to power in late 2012, decision making became much more centralized in the party, but that happened largely after my story ends.) The making of chronic disease policy between 1999 and 2012–13 was very different from this process of opening followed...

...This paper is a primer for economists interested in the relationship between poverty and cognitive function. We begin by discussing a set of underlying aspects of cognitive function relevant to economic decision-making-attention, inhibitory control, memory, and higherorder cognitive functions...

...Decision making under constraints is the provenance of economics, and the decisions of medieval rulers regarding war form a fertile area for the study of the making of choices. Potentially, there is a marvelous case for examining whether military history is amenable to economic analysis. The pithy...

... relationships and behaviors as well as the limited effects of those efforts; the importance of urban space as a facilitator of sexual transactions; and the social, family, and health consequences of sexual decision making. The chapter also explains recurrent patterns of partner selection and relationship...

... government that has been widely accepted by courts, Congress, state legislatures, and the public at large. Block Arthur R Chayes Abram conflict resolution courts and education policies the courts and separation of powers blending of powers and decision making legislative process of Department of Health...

.... As in the Srebrenica trial, the court reserved judgment on the admissibility of the intercepts and then listened to them as part of its decision-making process. The EU was clearly trying to find a way to minimize American objections and obstacles to the initiation of the ICC's work. Bolton responded by urging...

...Ben Bernanke’s opening remarks reflect on the importance of measurement in economic decision-making. The ultimate purpose of economics is to promote wellbeing, and variables in economic policy making must therefore include determinants of wellbeing, including those that go beyond aggregate...