Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

ECON 3080 - Behavioral Economics


This course combines insights from psychology with neo-classical economic theory and applies human and social cognitive and emotional patterns to better understand economic decision making and public choice.

Requisites: ECON 1030
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will acquire an overview of the nexus between Economics and Psychology.
  • Students will learn about non-standard preferences regarding self-control and time preferences.
  • Students will learn about social preferences and the response to incenvtives with social preferences.
  • Students will learn about market responses to behavioral consumers.


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