90-880 Behavioral Economics

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course introduces students to behavioral economics, an emerging subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology and other social sciences into economics. We will examine evidence on how human behavior systematically departs from the standard assumptions of economics, and then investigate attempts by behavioral economists to improve economic analyses.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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