Decision Making, Behavior, and Policy Design

5 credits

Provides a foundation in the application of decision theory and behavioral science to study public policy problems. Students learn how cognition, heuristics, biases, emotion, and social dynamics interact in decision-making, and how context and framing shape decisions. Students learn how decision making influences the effect of public policies on the equity and efficiency of the production and distribution of goods and resources. Recommended: PUBPOL 201.