Experimental Economics and Strategic Decisions

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-BA3S2-ECO-B3-EE16UF
Language of instruction
French, English
Teaching content
ECONOMICS
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
B.WALRAEVENS
Stakeholder(s)
Benoît WALRAEVENS
Level
Bachelor
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
Basic principles of microeconomics
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to :
-know the basics of behavioral and experimental economics
-better understand choice under risk and uncertainty, intertemporal choices and strategic interactions
Presentation
-Behavioral Economics: origin, definition and general principles
-Choices under risk and uncertainty
-Intertemporal choices
-Strategic interactions and social preferences

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Face to face
lecture 16,00
Independent study
Group Project 10,00
Estimated personal workload 10,00
Overall student workload 36,00
Evaluation
The coure assessment will be based on 2 things:
-an essay (written in groups of 2-3 students) presenting a critical review of literature on a topic presented in or related to the course. A first draft of the essay will be sujected to an oral presentation during the last session of the course and then the final report should be sent the week of the final exam.
-a 2 hours final exam.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Final Exam
Written exam 2,00 1 50,00
Others
Written Report 0,00 1 25,00
Oral presentation 0,00 1 25,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization -
Journal of Economic Psychology -
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (anciennement Journal of Socio-economics) -
Journal of Experimental Economics -
Erik Angner 'A Course in Behavioral Economics', Palgrave Macmilan -
Internet resources
IESEG Online
IESEG Online sera utilisé pour déposer des articles de revues cités dans le cours ou à consulter en complément de celui-ci.