Behavioral Economics An Introduction

What you'll learn
Gain insight into an alternative approach of understanding decision-making by human agents.
Incorporate a novel interdisciplinary approach, which combines economics and psychology into future academic endeavours
Inculcate critical thinking within the realm of behavioural economics, and understand basic theoretical concepts of BE.
Applying behavioural insights in their own work: academic research, implementing a policy, running a company, or selling a product
Requirements
Have a basic understanding of or interest in economics and/or psychology.
Description
Incorporating insights from psychology in economics has come a long way since the 1950s. More recent Nobel laureates being recognized for their work in behavioral economics implies that the field is slowly, but surely coming into the mainstream and gaining acceptance. Our course provides an overview of the discipline, covering its history, essential theories, core principles, applications, and critiques. This course is among the first one hosted online to tackle these subjects with the rigor of academia while balancing out its implications for public policy, business strategy, and everyday life. This course was designed by Nikhil George, Hansika Kapoor, Aditya Nair, and Anirudh Tagat at Monk Prayogshala. We are grateful to Juhi Vajpayee for assistance in preparing course material.
Overview
Section 1: Section 1: What is Behavioural Economics?
Lecture 1 Lecture 1: An Overview
Lecture 2 Lecture 2: Course Map
Lecture 3 Lecture 3: What is Behavioural Economics
Lecture 4 Lecture 4: A Brief History of Behavioural Economics
Section 2: Section 2: Key Concepts of Behavioural...

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