Kenneth Shepsle
Born (1945-09-10) September 10, 1945 (age 78)
CitizenshipUnited States
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ThesisEssays on risky choice in electoral competition (1970)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
School or traditionRochester school[1]
InstitutionsHarvard University
Washington University in St. Louis

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ Amadae, S.M.; Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce (June 1999). "The Rochester School: The origins of positive political theory". Annual Review of Political Science. 2 (1): 280. doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.2.1.269.
  2. ^ a b c d Cohn, Jonathan (1999-10-25). "Irrational Exuberance". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  3. ^ "About Kenneth A. Shepsle". Kenneth A. Shepsle. Harvard University. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Kenneth Shepsle". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ^ "ChapterS" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 November 2018.


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