Brandeis International Business School

Prerequisites: ECON 207a or intermediate microeconomics and statistics. May not be taken for credit by students who took ECON/FIN 209f in prior years.

How do economic agents make decisions? Though economists historically assumed that decisions are made "rationally," the evidence suggests otherwise. Examines evidence on human decision-making processes culled from many disciplines. Students investigate how those processes can explain observed patterns in economic and financial behavior. They also analyze how such behavior can explain observed market phenomena that would not emerge if agents were "personally rational." Usually offered every year.
Alice Hsiaw