Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Schunk
Event type: Lecture
Displayed in timetable as: V: A Publ Pol IV
Hours per week: 2
Language of instruction: Englisch
Min. | Max. participants: - | -
Contents: Learning Outcomes/Competencies Students will be enabled to competently analyze modern topics in the behavioral economics literature and to apply their insights to related discussions of economic policy. Content The module covers central methods and concepts of behavioral economics at an advanced level. This course provides an introduction to theoretical and empirical research in behavioral and experimental economic research. We first discuss models of economic decision behavior. Then, we will present evidence from laboratory and field experiments in economics and psychology which has led to alternative descriptive models of behavior. In this context, we will also discuss how the modern empirical toolbox of behavioral economists can help to obtain causal evidence on the determinants of human behavior. Finally, we will also briefly discuss recent advances in behavioral economics, such as Neuro- and Genoeconomics.
