ECON636

Behavioral Economics

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Prerequisite: ECON603 and ECON604; and permission of BSOS-Economics department. An exploration of how people make decisions, questioning the concept of "perfect rationality" in the standard economic theory, providing improved models in line with the observed biases of decision makers. Focusing on decision making under risk and ambiguity, endowment effect, status quo bias, loss aversion, intertemporal choice, and selfish and pro-social preferences.

Spring 2026

Emel Filiz Ozbay

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Spring 2025

Emel Filiz Ozbay

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Emel Filiz Ozbay

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Emel Filiz Ozbay

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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 3.58 between 18 students*

ECON636 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 33.33%
A: 33.33%
A+: 11.11%
B+: 11.11%
W: 5.56%
other: 5.56%
* "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.