Kenneth Shepsle

Kenneth Shepsle (born September 10, 1945) is an American political scientist who is influential for rational choice scholarship. He is George D. Markham professor of government at Harvard University, and a research associate at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science there. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences.

Kenneth Shepsle
Born (1945-09-10) September 10, 1945
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
InstitutionsHarvard University
Washington University in St. Louis

As an undergraduate, he majored in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His doctorate is from University of Rochester.

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