<p>Lecture, three hours. Study of how predictions of behavior and optimal economic policy differ when traditional economic assumptions (often selfish, unbounded rationality) are replaced with more psychologically realistic assumptions drawn from lab and world. Special attention to way in which these modified assumptions can be incorporated into broadly applicable and parsimonious models of human behavior, and what they imply for markets, management, and public policy. Letter grading.</p>

Management-PhD

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General Catalog

Behavioral Economics: Individuals, Organizations, and Markets

MGMTPHD 260

4 units