Behavioral Economics

Knowledge:

You should

• become familiar with selected important contributions to behavioral economics
• understand the relevance of these contributions for analysis of economic behavior
• in particular, understand under what conditions and in what ways these contributions may substantially alter predictions and/or policy recommendations based on previous economic models

Skills:

You should

• be able to critically assess the importance of these contributions for the understanding of economic behavior, in particular, be able to discuss the following problem: How descriptively accurate assumptions about human behavior do we need for economic analysis?
• be able to use formal modelling approaches introduced in the course to solve simple, illustrative problems
• be able to apply the ideas and intuitive arguments discussed in the course in your own applied economic analyses, such as analysis of specific policies not explicitly discussed in the course

Competence:

You should

• be able to read and understand project reports and journal articles that make use of the concepts and methods that are introduced in the course
• be able to make use of the course content in your own academic work, for example in analyses that are part of the master’s thesis

Students admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

Students not admitted to the Master’s programme in Economics or the Master’s programme in Economic Theory and Econometrics (Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse), can apply for admission to one of our study programmes, or apply for guest student status.

Lectures and seminars.

Course responsible can at the beginning of the semester update the syllabus list by changing no more than three articles, though in a way that it will not change the overall scope or thematic content of the course.

The syllabus also includes any lecture notes that will be made available for the students in Canvas.

The examination will be a 3-hour written school exam.

Previous exams and examiner guidelines

Exam papers with comments from examiner

If you are sick or have another valid reason for not attending the regular exam, we offer a postponed exam later in the same semester.

See also our information about resitting an exam.

Students who wish to retake the exam in a later semester are not guaranteed that the course will be given with the same content and syllabus, or that the examination scheme will be the same.