Behavioral Development Economics (Undergraduate)

Undergraduate / Graduate

This course will focus on the intersection of two rapidly growing and recently Nobel Prize-winning fields in economics - development, and behavioral economics. Behavioral development economics brings insights and tools from psychology and behavioral economics to the study of developing economies and poverty more generally. The class is aimed at students interested in either (or both) of the fields. A decent part of lectures will be focused on introducing and describing tools of behavioral economics, before moving to applications in low-and middle-income countries.