Humans often act irrationally, making decisions—sometimes important ones—that contradict our best interests. This kind of irrational behavior is at the center of behavioral economics, and this free, ...

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...

You've done everything—endured diets, purged your freezer of Ben & Jerry's, and educated yourself on fat, sugar, and calories. Yet, you can't manage to lose weight. What's wrong with you? According to ...

Note not all courses are taught every quarter. Data acquisition, manipulation, and visualization using statistical software, with hands-on applications to economics. Prerequisites: Grade of C- or ...

In its early days, behavioral economics was focused on documenting human deviance from rational action. It began as a challenge to the mainstream neoclassical economics model, which assumes people are ...