Vorlesung: Behavioral and Experimental Economics (Lecture) - Details

Vorlesung: Behavioral and Experimental Economics (Lecture) - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Vorlesung: Behavioral and Experimental Economics (Lecture)
Semester SoSe 2026
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 34
Heimateinrichtung VWL, insb. Empirische Mikroökonomik
Veranstaltungstyp Vorlesung in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin Dienstag, 07.04.26, 10:15 - 11:45 Uhr Großer Hörsaal [WiWi]
Lehrsprache(n) Englisch

Räume und Zeiten

Großer Hörsaal [WiWi]

  • Dienstag, 10:15 - 11:45, Wöchentlich (ab dem 07.04.26)

Raum Großer Hörsaal [WiWi]

  • Freitag, 24.07.26, 08:00 - 10:00 Uhr
  • Freitag, 18.09.26, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr

Modulzuordnungen

Kommentar/Beschreibung

This course introduces students to Behavioral and Experimental Economics, combining economic theory with insights from psychology to better understand individual decision-making. It covers key behavioral concepts such as heuristics and biases, loss aversion and prospect theory, time inconsistency as well as social preferences and reciprocity, and examines how these challenge and extend the standard rational choice model. A central focus is on experimental methods, including laboratory and field experiments, to identify causal effects and test economic theories. Students learn to critically assess experimental evidence and its relevance for policy and real-world applications, replicate existing papers using the statistical software STATA as well as the theoretical basics of designing and running own experiments and statistically testing the resulting data.