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In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences, more colloquially called knock-on effects) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen.
An unintended consequence is that many people die or suffer who would have been able to live or thrive. This consequence, however, has been so well documented that the regulators and legislators now foresee it but accept it. “Basic values” was Merton’s fourth source of unintended consequences.
Unintended consequences are the unforeseen and unexpected outcomes that can arise from actions or policies, often differing from the intended effects. This concept is particularly relevant in the context of economic policies such as price ceilings and price floors.
Law of Unintended Consequences. Every action has a predicted consequence — along with side-effects the actor did not dream of (see wikipedia). A few examples: Railroads forced the creation of a national time-table. Previously, cities kept their own time.
We discuss practical, political and ethical issues for each of these challenges and identify recommendations for evaluators who want to consider unintended consequences. First, use a broader range of methods to explore how policies play out; second, use theory to plan evaluations; and third, discuss both methods and theory with relevant ...
Unintended consequences are common and hard to predict or evaluate, and can arise through all parts of the policy process. They may come about through ineffective (null effect), counterproductive (paradoxical effect), or other policy mechanism (harmful externalities).
The law of unintended consequences refers to how economic decisions may have effects that are unexpected. Usually, this refers to an economic law which distorts consumer or producer behaviour in a way that is not expected.
unintended consequences. Quick Reference. A useful phrase that usually describes unfortunate or undesirable consequences of policies and practices that had good, indeed, the best intentions. Conversely, it may describe unexpected favorable outcomes not considered at the planning stages of a program.
This paper addresses the question: what is an unintended consequence? It presents a classification which enables us to understand different types of unintended consequences.
This chapter will cover both the underlying theory of unintended consequences and a number of empirical studies detailing the negative unintended consequences of interventions generally presumed to be conceived and instituted out of the benevolent motives of government actors.