Kenneth Shepsle
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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]
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Kenneth Shepsle | |
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Born | (1945-09-10) September 10, 1945 (age 78) |
Citizenship | United States |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Rochester University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Thesis | Essays on risky choice in electoral competition (1970) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Political science |
School or tradition | Rochester school[1] |
Institutions | Harvard University Washington University in St. Louis |
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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]