rational individual
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrationalandindividual
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rational
adjective
uk/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/us/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
based on clear thought ...
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individual
noun[C]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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(Definition ofrationalandindividualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I have proposed a theory of team agency which generalizes the conventional theory ofrationalindividualchoice.
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Instead, mate choices are analyzed as if isolated individuals made purelyrationalindividualdecisions.
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It is clear that this assumption imposes restrictions beyond the simple notion ofrationalindividualbehavior.
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My argument is addressed primarily to people who accept the standard theory ofrationalindividualchoice.
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Instead, we might look at how economists already deal with analogues of the existence and objectives problems when applying the conventional theory ofrationalindividualchoice.
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Hardin's rational indeterminacy is about puzzles of social organization that emerge after we accept a clear anchor of normative thought, that arationalindividualpursues more rather than less value.
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Within these contexts, it is the capacity of arationalindividualto make an informed, un-coerced decision.
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I hope that he will now turn his talents to the next great demographic conundrum: why should rational individuals have any children at all?
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In the 1950s and 1960s, a number of laboratory studies cemented the view that social influence has nefarious consequences on otherwise rational individuals.
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Rational individuals respond by reorganizing their personal portfolio of total wealth in order to restore the preferred exposure to risk.
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In case both rates were equal, given an anticipated shock to the labor income,rationalindividualwould hold a large stock of assets to hedge for the income risk.
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Rational individuals will always correct mandatory savings via pension fund schemes by adjusting downward correspondingly the size of their individual savings.
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How would rational individuals choose to allocate healthcare resources from an impartial position?
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That is to say, it is based on the assumption that rational individuals will cooperate in pursuing their common interests if the conditions permit them to do so.
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Pension fund savings have no impact on total wealth (savings) preferred by rational individuals, because rational fund participants will substitute mandatory pension fund savings for individual retirement savings.
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The present section analyses these effects in the area of budgetary decision-making, starting from the stringent condition of fully informed, rational individuals and then gradually relaxing this assumption.
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A population of rational individuals in anarchy can converge to a state of peace, provided that all of them are moderates whose best outcome is the outcome of reciprocal cooperation.
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That system, for all its imperfections, is based upon the idea that adults are rational individuals capable of making conscious choices.
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Those constituents of mine are rational individuals.
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Rational individuals take sequential decisions to achieve a coherent and stable future goal using currently available information.
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