ECON 333 - Behavioral Economics

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

A survey of the empirical and experimental evidence that human behavior often deviates from the predictions made by models that assume full rationality. This course combines economics, psychology, and experimental methods to explore impulsivity, impatience, overconfidence, reciprocity, fairness, the enforcement of social norms, the effects of status, addiction, the myopia that people exhibit when having to plan for the future, and other behaviors which deviate from economic rationality. Benjamin Ho.

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 or permission of the instructor.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS