Theorising Bounded Rationality in EU Policy-Making

IF 3.3 1区 社会学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Filipa Figueira
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This article proposes a theoretical framework combining multi-level governance (MLG) with bounded rationality. MLG theories have become increasingly popular to understand European Union (EU) policy-making and interactions between national, sub-national and EU levels. At the same time, principles of bounded rationality are entering the public policy debate, highlighting the role of cognitive biases in policy formation. However, these two developments have been separate, as bounded rationality has been little used in EU studies. The article therefore proposes a framework integrating the two lenses. This sheds new light on the optimal allocation of tasks between EU and national levels, given the prevalence of different cognitive biases at each level. Findings are that EU-level policy-making can be hampered by availability heuristics and undefined preferences, whilst national policy-making is prone to zero-sum bias and myopia. Insights are applied to research policy as an example, helping to explain obstacles to EU integration in this area.

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欧盟政策制定中的有限理性理论
本文提出了一个多层次治理与有限理性相结合的理论框架。在理解欧盟的政策制定以及国家、次国家和欧盟层面之间的相互作用方面,MLG理论越来越受欢迎。与此同时,有限理性的原则正在进入公共政策辩论,突出了认知偏见在政策形成中的作用。然而,这两种发展是分开的,因为有限理性在欧盟研究中很少使用。因此,本文提出了一个整合这两个视角的框架。鉴于每个层面普遍存在不同的认知偏见,这为欧盟和国家层面之间任务的最佳分配提供了新的线索。研究发现,欧盟层面的政策制定可能受到可得性启发和未定义偏好的阻碍,而国家层面的政策制定则容易出现零和偏见和短视。作为一个例子,见解被应用于研究政策,有助于解释欧盟在这一领域一体化的障碍。
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