HS2 reveals the pervasiveness of optimism bias in government decision making

Moran, Cahal and Shreedhar, Ganga ORCID: 0000-0003-2517-2485 (2024) HS2 reveals the pervasiveness of optimism bias in government decision making. British Politics and Policy at LSE (05 Feb 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Considering the budget underestimates and cost overruns associated with the public financing of high speed rail in the UK, Cahal Moran and Ganga Shreedhar suggest more can be done to manage optimism bias in government decision-making.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2024 10:39
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2024 10:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122318

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