88-363 Behavioral Economics Theory

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course offers and introduction to the field of behavioral economics psychology and economics. The goal is to learn how to think about economic decisionmaking in a psychologically richer way while maintaining the rigor of economic analysis. You will learn i what are the basic psychological phenomena that are most important for economics ii how to identify these phenomena from simple decisions and capture them in economic terms and iii how they should change our understanding of basic economic questions.

Prerequisites: (73-100 or 88-220) and (21-112 or 21-120)

Courseweave needs JavaScript to show sections, workloads and planning tools.