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Course Outline
Part I: Introduction (October 12)

Part II: Lectures (October 19, 26; November 2, 9): Behavioral Economics in a nutshell

Part III: Writing phase, students write their seminar papers (Deadline for submission: January 16)

Part IV: Seminar presentations (Q&A session on January 25, presentations on February 4-5)


Content
Based on numerous empirical and experimental insights, the field of behavioral economics emerged within the last decades and became an important part of mainstream economic research. Behavioral economists have contributed to the debates about many topics in public economics. This seminar will cover fundamental topics from this field. We will approach behavioral public economics from a pragmatic, policy-oriented perspective. Without talking too much about the fundamental question of whether the assumptions made in neoclassical theory are “valid”, we will raise different policy relevant questions and incorporate behavioral insights to test whether they improve policy outcomes.

The lecture part of the seminar will briefly cover basics from behavioral economics (non-standard preferences, bounded self-control, imperfect optimization). The seminar papers and presentations will focus on specific aspects of behavioral public economics research.

The participants will be able to understand aspects of individual behavior that cannot be explained by “traditional” utility theory. They will get in touch with the debate on integrating behavioral insights in public economics and they will be able to comprehend recent discussions and literature from the field of behavioral public economics.

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