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040112 UK Topics in Behavioral and Experimental Economics (MA) (2019W)

Track in Behavioral Economics and Experiments

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 03.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Donnerstag 10.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 11.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 17.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 18.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 24.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 25.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 31.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Donnerstag 07.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 08.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 14.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 15.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 21.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 22.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 28.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 29.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 05.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 06.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 12.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 13.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 09.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 10.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 16.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 23.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 24.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Donnerstag 30.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Freitag 31.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Behavioral and experimental economics is a vibrant field of research which sheds new light on many old and important issues in economics. Broadly speaking, behavioral and experimental economics tries to incorporate insights from psychology (and other fields) to better explain human behavior in economic interaction.

The goal of the course is to give students an overview of new developments in behavioral and experimental economics. In addition, those students who are interested in writing their thesis in this field of economics can explore potential research projects.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Classes will roughly be organized as follow. In the first meeting of the course, I will present a list of papers, we will cover (see below for more detail). Each student selects one (or more) papers that s/he reads more carefully and provides a short introductory presentation (about 20’). Afterwards, we discuss questions of technical detail as well as questions on context and interpretation. I will also use some of our meetings to provide lectures in order to introduce a particular topic.

We will discuss grading during the first lecture. The general idea is that attendance and contributions during class will cover 1/3 of the grade. In addition, you have to make at least one introductory presentation (1/3) and can choose between making another presentation or writing a small term paper for the last third of your grade. In addition, if there is any need at all, there may also be a chance to do some further work (e.g. presentation) to improve one’s grade.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Some knowledge in basic game-theoretic concepts and basic microeconomics is required. While some knowledge in experimental and behavioral economics is also helpful, interest in one of those two areas will be sufficient.

Prüfungsstoff

As indicated above, there will not be a midterm or final exam. Students are mainly expected to learn to read, understand, and analyze papers and present one (or two) of them.

Literatur

The papers that we will discuss during the lecture will cover a wide range of topics. We will start pro-social behavior and altruistic motivation. In a number of economic situations, many people do not seem to maximize their mere self-interest but care for other people’s interest. This observation has inspired a wide range of economic research, part of which we will discuss during class.

Apart from looking at pro-social behavior, we will also cover a broad range of other issues in experimental and behavioral economics, potentially including methodological issues, questions of limited rationality and how laboratory findings generalize to the real-world. I will present an overview of topics covered at the first meeting. At this point (or before) students who have an interest in a particular area of behavioral and experimental economics (or even in a particular paper) are encouraged inform me about this. Students who are interested in participating in the course, but cannot (for a good reason) attend the first session should send me an e-mail in advance.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:19