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AFTER CERTAINTY

Person

Herbert A Simon

Nobel laureate in economics; bounded rationality, satisficing, and administrative behavior in organizations.

Why this matters

Simon grounds why judgment is always constrained—and why institutions must design for that fact.

Works

article

A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice.

Simon, Herbert A. "A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice." *Quarterly Journal of Economics* 69, no. 1 (1955): 99–118.

book

Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organizations

Simon, Herbert A. *Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organizations*. 4th ed. New York: Free Press, 1997.

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