Econ 305 - Behavioral Economics:
Economics and Psychology
Spring 2008
Classes: T 6:30 - 9:00 Eliot 102
Instructor: Patrick McAlvanah
Email:
pmcalvanah@wustl.edu
Office: McMillan 361
(it's in the tower)
Office Hours: M 5:30 - 6:30
T 5:30 - 6:30
Syllabus
Lecture Slides
Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview
Lecture 2: Basic Consumer Theory
Lecture 3: Expected Utility Theory
Lecture 4: Prospect Theory
Lecture 5: Applications: Endowment Effect, Behavioral Finance
Lecture 6: Standard Intertemporal Choice
Lecture 7: Intertemporal Choice
Lecture 8: Application: Procrastination
Lecture 9: Application: Savings, Self-Control, and Willpower
Lecture 10: Heuristics and Biases
Lecture 11: Heuristics and Biases II
Lecture 12: Fairness and Social Preferences
Lecture 13: Happiness
Lecture 14: Mental Accounting
Lecture 15: Neuroeconomics
Lecture 16: Libertarian Paternalism & Asymmetric Paternalism
Problem Sets
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 3 Solutions
last updated: April 22, 2008