Behavioral economics and finance
Master
In Maynard (USA)
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Master
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Maynard (USA)
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This course surveys research which incorporates psychological evidence into economics. Topics include: prospect theory, biases in probabilistic judgment, self-control and mental accounting with implications for consumption and savings, fairness, altruism, and public goods contributions, financial market anomalies and theories, impact of markets, learning, and incentives, and memory, attention, categorization, and the thinking process.
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Subjects
- Finance
- Economics
Course programme
Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session
Prof. Xavier Gabaix
14.121, Microeconomic Theory I
The requirements for the course are three problem sets and/or referee reports, and a term paper. The term paper will be due after the semester is over. Students are expected to propose original insights, theories, experiments or field studies.
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Behavioral economics and finance