A Cognitive Model of Decision-making: Application to Norwegian Oil Policy

G. Matthew Bonham; Daniel Heradstveit; Ove Narvesen; Michael J. Shapiro

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A Cognitive Model of Decision-making: Application to Norwegian Oil Policy

G. Matthew Bonham, Daniel Heradstveit, Ove Narvesen, Michael J. Shapiro

Department of Political Science

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This article attempts to increase our understanding of cognitive processes of policy-making by reporting the application of a model of individual decision-making. The application of the model is based on cognitive maps obtained from interviews which were conducted with Norwegian oil policy officials before and after the Bravo blow out in Norway's Ekofisk oil field. A comparison of simulation results for two groups of policy officials, environmentalists and non-environmentalists, using the before and after cognitive maps suggests that the model is able to replicate adjustments that policy officials make in their thinking and choice behavior to accommodate perceptions of new events.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	93-108
Number of pages	16
Journal	Cooperation and Conflict
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/001083677801300202
State	Published - Jul 1978

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