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===Empirical critiques===
In their 1994 work, ''Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory'', [[Donald Green|Donald P. Green]] and [[Ian Shapiro]] argue that the empirical outputs of rational choice theory have been limited. They contend that much of the applicable literature, at least in political science, was done with weak statistical methods and that when corrected many of the empirical outcomes no longer hold. When taken in this perspective, rational choice theory has provided very little to the overall understanding of political interaction – and is an amount certainly disproportionately weak relative to its appearance in the literature. Yet, they concede that cutting-edge research, by scholars well-versed in the general scholarship of their fields (such as work on the U.S. Congress by [[Keith Krehbiel]], [[Gary Cox (political scientist)|Gary Cox]], and [[Mat McCubbins]]) has generated valuable scientific progress.<ref>Donald P. Green and [[Ian Shapiro]] (1994). ''Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science''. New Haven: Yale University Press.{{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=January 2025}}</ref>