Behavioral Economics

Catalog description

The course offers an introduction to the insights gained from incorporating psychology into economic modeling and analysis, an approach referred to as behavioral economics. We will gain an overview over the topics in this new and fast-growing field by sampling original contributions. Thus, the course is expected to involve a lot of reading, complemented by exams, presentations, and problem sets intended to drill students’ abilities to digest and communicate the content of the journal articles involved. Interested students may also be given the option to develop an original piece of research in behavioral economics.