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ECON-4864: Developing Behavioral Science Policies and Interventions

Description: Senior-level capstone course to apply theories and models from behavioral decision science to real world problems on topics from education, organizations, health, crime, environment, and volunteerism. Utilize behavioral science theories, data and analytical frameworks from research papers to define and analyze problems or unintended consequences resulting from individual decision-making. Emphasis on identifying specific problems, formulating behavioral policies or interventions to improve performance, and designing experiments and randomized controlled trials to test their effectiveness.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: BDS-3134 or ECON-3134

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Crosslist: BDS-4864

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