Behavioral Economics - YBAU049

• Title: Behavioral Economics
• Guaranteed by: UPCES, CET Courses (24-AJ EXT)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/4, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (0)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://bakalar.fhs.cuni.cz/SHV-211.html; https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-1016.html#3
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
• Guarantor: Ing. René Levínský, Ph.D.; Veronika Havlištová; Mgr. Nikola Skladanová
• Teacher(s): Veronika Havlištová; Ing. René Levínský, Ph.D.; Mgr. Nikola Skladanová

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (31.07.2023)

Graduates of the module describe behavioral principles of strategic and non-strategic decision-making in an economic environment. This enables them to evaluate purely theoretical problems more adequately and to design an appropriate economic environment for applied decision problems as well. Moreover, graduates conduct simple economic experiments in order to test how suitable selected economic and institutional designs are to deal with economic problems. The lecture is divided into four main sections: Behavioral decision making (intertemporal decision making, decision making under uncertainty, so-called “paradoxes” of decision making like “preference reversal” and “conjunction effect”); Elementary Methods of Experimental Economics (principles of experimentation hypothesis testing, methods of non-parametric statistics; Behavioral game theory (fairness and reciprocity, bounded rationality); Recent developments in Behavioral Economics (Neuro-Economics, mental modeling) Pre-requisites: One intermediate-level economics course (Micro or Macro).

Registration requirements

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (31.07.2023)

The teaching period of the UPCES courses begins on September 25, 2023 according to the schedule of the particular course.

UPCES classes are held weekly regardless of any national holidays as opposed to standard CU / FHS classes.

How to enroll in the course:

• Enroll in the SIS (registration in the SIS is required before attending the first class) & show up to the course within the first and/or second week (at the latest) of the teaching period according to the schedule of the course. 

• Students can register for up to 2 UPCES courses (YBAU code) per semester in total.
• Degree students can attend these courses from their second semester onwards.
• For students enrolled at other CU Faculties, the UPCES courses are available only if the course capacity allows (i.e. not all the places are used by the Faculty of Humanities students), thus enrolment cannot be guaranteed in advance; availability to be checked in the SIS when the registration to courses opens.

Please note:

Organized in cooperation with a partner institution, the capacity of this course might be limited.

In order to allow other students to enroll, please, do not forget to deregister from all courses you decide not to take as soon as possible.

Please, be aware that regular class attendance is mandatory.

Aim of the course

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (31.07.2023)

This is one of the UPCES courses (Undergraduate Program in Central European Studies) held in cooperation with partner institution CERGE-EI. It is designed for US students participating in the UPCES program while Czech and international students of the Faculty of Humanities are welcome to select single courses from the program.

Teaching methods

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (31.07.2023)

This is one of the UPCES courses held in cooperation with our partner institution CERGE-EI, designed for US students and Czech and international students of the Faculty of Humanities.

These courses are scheduled either twice (2x90 min.) or once (1x180 min.) a week in the CERGE-EI classrooms (Politických vězňů 7, Praha 1).

Attendance is mandatory. Regular attendance is necessary in order to attain credits and a grade.

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (31.07.2023)

Students are required to follow the instructions and requirements specified in the course syllabus available at

https://upces.cerge-ei.cz/academic-life/upces-courses-a-z Scroll for the UPCES Course List and click on the particular course for course description and syllabus.

Reading materials: the coordinators of the UPCES program will inform the enrolled students where to get them.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (31.07.2023)

Students are required to follow the instructions and requirements specified in the course syllabus. 

Attendance is mandatory. Regular attendance is necessary in order to attain credits and a grade.

Exam Dates

Winter Semester: the beginning of November (midterm exams); before the middle of December (final exams) according to the course syllabus

Summer Semester: end of March / the first half of April (midterm exams); the middle of May (final exams) according to the course syllabus