14.127 Behavioral Economics and Finance, Spring 2004

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Gabaix, Xavier
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Behavioral Economics and Finance
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Abstract
This course surveys research which incorporates psychological evidence into economics. Topics include: prospect theory, biases in probabilistic judgment, self-control and mental accounting with implications for consumption and savings, fairness, altruism, and public goods contributions, financial market anomalies and theories, impact of markets, learning, and incentives, and memory, attention, categorization, and the thinking process.
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2004-06
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152420
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14.127-Spring2004
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14.127
IMSCP-MD5-5eca9d89fec4452e7f0acfbd44ea02a0
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behavioral economics, finance, psychology, prospect theory, bias, probabilistic judgment, self-control, mental accounting, fairness, altruism, public goods, market anomalies, market theories, heuristics, noise, confusion, competition, bounded rationality, learning, games, neuroeconomics, hyperbolic discounting, consumption, hyperbolics, temptation, assets, puzzles, bubbles, Gul-Pesendorfer
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