单词 | public choice |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic choice public choice n. Politics the decision-making behaviour of politicians, voters, and interest groups in relation to government policies (frequently attributive); (also) a branch of economic theory concerned with this. ΚΠ 1968 Amer. Econ. Rev. 58 1067 (heading) Problems in the theory of public choice. 1979 C. S. Russell Collective Decision Making 4 A problem for public choice theory is that when the rational pursuit of self-interest is taken to be equivalent to the maximization of the expected value of an action, it can be shown to be irrational for individuals to vote. 1991 J. Kingdom Local Govt. & Politics in Brit. i. 2 A Conservative government came to power at Westminster espousing the ideas of the public choice theorists along with a set of free-market doctrines. 2000 Econ. Affairs 20 13/2 Public choice is a useful tool in understanding the operation of the factors that discourage and limit the development of the Internet. < as lemmas |
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