ECO474 Behavioral Economics: Week By Week Schedule
NOTE: This schedule can and will change regularly as the semester goes along. Please refer to this prior to each class to make sure that we are all on the same page.
INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND
Weeks 1 & 2: September 4, 6, 11 & 13: What is Behavioral Economics? What is Experimental Economics?
Weeks 3 & 4: September 18, 20, 25 & 27: Evolution and Cognitive Psychology
INDIVIDUAL DECISION-MAKING
Week 5: October 2 & 4: Heuristics, Biases and Utility (Initial Proposal is Due)
Week 6: October 9 & 11: Prospect Theory Part I
Week 7: October 16 & 18: Prospect Theory Part II (Amended Proposal is Due)
Week 8: October 23 & 25: Discounting and Intertemporal Choice (Midterm on the 25th)
COLLECTIVE, COMPETITIVE AND/OR COOPERATIVE DECISION-MAKING
Week 9: October 30 & November 1: Game Theory and Interdependent Decision-Making
Week 10: November 6 & 8: Trust, Fairness, Compassion and Altruism
Week 11: November 13 & 15: The Wisdom of Crowds, Learning and Cascades
Topics in Behavioral Economics
Week 12: November 20: Children, Behavior and Rationality, The Labor Market
Week 13: November 27 & 29: The Environment and a Wrap Up
Student Presentations