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Overconfidence and Risk Taking in Foreign Policy Decision Making
Imran Demir
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Description for Overconfidence and Risk Taking in Foreign Policy Decision Making
Hardback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JP; JPB; JPS; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book introduces a new perspective on risk seeking behaviour, developing a framework based on various cognitive theories, and applying it to the specific case-study of Turkey’s foreign policy toward Syria. The author examines why policy makers commit themselves to polices that they do not have the capacity to deliver, and develops an alternative theoretical model to prospect theory in explaining risk taking behaviour based on the concept of overconfidence. The volume suggests that overconfident individuals exhibit risk seeking behaviour that contradicts the risk averse behaviour of individuals in the domain of gain, as predicted by prospect theory. Using a ... Read more
This book introduces a new perspective on risk seeking behaviour, developing a framework based on various cognitive theories, and applying it to the specific case-study of Turkey’s foreign policy toward Syria. The author examines why policy makers commit themselves to polices that they do not have the capacity to deliver, and develops an alternative theoretical model to prospect theory in explaining risk taking behaviour based on the concept of overconfidence. The volume suggests that overconfident individuals exhibit risk seeking behaviour that contradicts the risk averse behaviour of individuals in the domain of gain, as predicted by prospect theory. Using a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319526041
SKU
V9783319526041
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Ref
99-15
About Imran Demir
Imran Demir is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations in the School of Political Science, Marmara University, Turkey. He earned his PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri, USA, and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
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