14.13 Psychology and Economics (Spring 2020, MIT OCW). Instructor: Prof. Frank Schilbach. Psychology and Economics (aka Behavioral Economics) is a growing subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology and other social sciences into economics.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
666 years, 7 months
Units & Quizzes
24
Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion
This course covers recent advances in behavioral economics by reviewing some of the assumptions made in mainstream economic models, and by discussing how human behavior systematically departs from these assumptions. Applications will cover a wide range of fields, including labor and public economics, industrial organization, health economics, finance, and development economics. (from ocw.mit.edu)
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction and Overview I Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Introduction and Overview II Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Time Preferences (Theory) I Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Time Preferences (Theory) II Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Time Preferences (Applications) I Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Time Preferences (Applications) II Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Risk Preferences I Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Risk Preferences II Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Reference-Dependent Preferences Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Social Preferences I Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Social Preferences II Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Social Preferences III Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Social Preferences IV Unlimited
- Mid-Term Review Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Limited Attention Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Utility from Beliefs; Learning I Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Utility from Beliefs; Learning II Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – State-Dependent Preferences, Protection, and Attribution Bias Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Gender, Discrimination, and Identity Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Defaults, Nudges, and Frames Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Malleability and Inaccessibility of Preferences Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Poverty through the Lens of Psychology Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Happiness and Mental Health Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Policy with Behavioral Agents Unlimited
