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heuristics in political decision making  

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  • In the early 1970s, heuristics were first noted by Amos Tversky and 2002 Nobel Prize laureate Daniel Kahneman. They defined a heuristic as a knowledgebased way to a judgment that does not follow rational principles but instead the dictum of efficiency. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Heuristics in Political Decision Making]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R7MQ5QND-5

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