14.127 Behavioral Economics and Finance, Spring 2004

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 ma...

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Main Author: Gabaix, Xavier
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152420
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Summary: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.