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Psychology and Economics

Subjects: Economics · Psychology

Art: William Playfair, Chart Shewing the Value of the Quarter of Wheat in Shillings & in…, 1821 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Frank Schilbach
Term: Spring 2020
Level: Undergraduate, Graduate
What's inside: 25 videos · 5 problem sets · 6 exams · 8 solutions · 1 reading · 55 other files · 7 web pages
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Psychology and Economics

Before you start

What's here, and what isn't

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Materials by section

Instructor Insights

Lecture Slides

Recitations

Problem Sets

Quizzes and Exams

Other materials from this course

Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview I

Lecture 2: Introduction and Overview II

Lecture 3: Time Preferences (Theory) I

Lecture 4: Time Preferences (Theory) II

Lecture 5: Time Preferences (Applications) I

Lecture 6: Time Preferences (Applications) II

Lecture 7: Risk Preferences I

Lecture 8: Risk Preferences II

Lecture 9: Reference-Dependent Preferences

Lecture 10: Social Preferences I

Lecture 11: Social Preferences II

Lecture 12: Social Preferences III

Lecture 13: Social Preferences IV

Mid-Term Review

Lecture 14: Limited Attention

Lecture 15: Utility from Beliefs; Learning I

Lecture 16: Utility from Beliefs; Learning II

Lecture 17: State-Dependent Preferences, Projection, and Attribution Bias

Lecture 18: Gender, Discrimination, and Identity

Lecture 19: Defaults, Nudges, and Frames

Lecture 20: Malleability and Inaccessibility of Preferences

Lecture 21: Poverty through the Lens of Psychology

Lecture 22: Happiness and Mental Health

Lecture 23: Policy with Behaviorial Agents