ECON 58500 - Behavioral Economics

Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. This course explores human economic behavior, with a strong emphasis on laboratory and field experiment methodology used in behavioral economics research. Topics considered include behavior in markets for financial assets and auction markets, and behavior in social dilemmas that arise when people try to provide public goods voluntarily or increase economic surplus through trust. Students will also study how people bargain with and exhibit social preferences towards others. Decision-making and anomalies for risky uncertain choices will also be covered. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

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ECON 58500 - Behavioral Economics