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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Teaching a Behavioral Economics Elective: Highlighting the Science of Economics

  • Ted O'Donoghue
American Economic Review
vol. 105, no. 5, May 2015
(pp. 391–95)
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Abstract

In this paper, I provide an overview of how one might teach an advanced undergraduate elective on Behavioral Economics. While I focus on the structure and themes from my own course, I also attempt to highlight ways in which instructors might choose an alternative structure. Throughout, I emphasize how a Behavioral Economics elective is a great vehicle in which to highlight to undergraduates the science of Economics.

Citation

O'Donoghue, Ted. 2015. "Teaching a Behavioral Economics Elective: Highlighting the Science of Economics." American Economic Review, 105 (5): 391–95. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151048

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JEL Classification

  • A22 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Undergraduate
  • D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making