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Unit of study_
ECON5008: Behavioural Economics
This unit builds on prior studies of microeconomics by introducing key concepts in Behavioural Economics. The implications of these departures from neoclassical economics will be explored for a range of topics, which may include financial decision-making, wage and incentive contracts, public policy, and charitable giving.
| Code | ECON5008 |
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| Academic unit | Economics |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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(ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand key behavioural economics findings and the most important ways of integrating them into standard economic models
- LO2. think critically about behavioural economic concepts and modelling techniques
- LO3. present a behavioural economics paper to an audience of other students, and answer questions about it.
- LO4. analyse and solve problems using behavioural economics models
- LO5. think critically about the economics, business, and societal significance of behavioural economics findings, concepts, and models.
Unit outlines
Unit outlines will be available 2 weeks before the first day of teaching for the relevant session.
- Intensive August, 2023 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive September, 2020 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive September, 2021 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive September, 2021 [Block mode] - Remote
- Intensive August, 2022 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Intensive August, 2022 [Block mode] - Remote
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