AREC815

Experimental and Behavioral Economics

Prerequisite: AREC623, AREC624, ECON603, and ECON604; or equivalent. Credit only granted for: AREC815 or AREC869A. Formerly: AREC869A. An overview of the design, implementation, and analysis of experiments motivated by behavioral economics, with a particular focus on experiments in field settings. Topics covered include social preferences, risk aversion, prospect theory, present bias, overconfidence, and limited attention.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.84 between 46 students*

AREC815 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560657075808590% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 21.74%
A: 60.87%
A+: 4.35%
B: 2.17%
B+: 10.87%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.