ECON 2535 - Topics in Experimental and Behavioral Economics

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Brown University

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Pending Approval Introduces decision-making (mainly laboratory) experiments in economics, and related behavioral theories, with an emphasis on problems of social interactions, fairness, reciprocity, and punishment. Voluntary contribution and trust games as principal examples, along with prisoner's dilemmas, ultimatum and dictator game experiments, and more complex designs for studying institutional and organizational problems.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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