Accession Number:

AD0679463

Title:

DECISION-MAKING IN MIDDLE SWEDEN'S FARMING. A SPATIAL, BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON D C FOREIGN FIELD RESEARCH PROGRAM

Personal Author(s):

• Wolpert,Julian

Report Date:

1963-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

218.0

Abstract:

The general theory of man as a satisficer is examined in this investigation. Departing from the assumptions of perfect knowledge and the single goal of maximizing utility which are implicit in the concept ofEconomic Man, an approach to a behavioral and spatial analysis of decision behavior is presented. Author

Descriptors:

• *DECISION MAKING
• *SWEDEN
• FORESTRY
• SOCIOLOGY
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• MOTIVATION
• BEHAVIOR
• ENVIRONMENTS
• PRODUCTION
• DISTRIBUTION(ECONOMICS)
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Agricultural Economics
• Sociology and Law

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE