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ECON-6014: Behavioral Economic Theory

Description: Psychological, social, and cognitive factors in economic decisions. Topics include risk and ambiguity, intertemporal choice and self-control, bounded rationality, heuristics, emotions, social norms, social preferences, learning, attention, and inference. Applications include contracting, bargaining, labor, development, industrial organization, finance, and macroeconomics.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ECON-5006

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 3

Average GPA: 4.00 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 100.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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