Psychology and Economics
ECON 1030
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Description
This course integrates psychological and economic approaches to understand behavioral patterns in decision-making. It introduces psychological concepts such as social preferences, bounded rationality, loss aversion, and overconfidence, alongside economic concepts including equilibrium, utility maximization, rational choice, Bayesian beliefs, and game theory. Applications include saving behavior, procrastination, auction bidding, cooperation, and portfolio choice.
Recommended Prep
Ec 10a and Ec 10b and knowledge of univariate calculus.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Economics
Course Component
Lecture
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Subject
Economics
Grading Basis
FAS Letter Graded
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
