14.160: Experimental and Behavioral Economics
Fall 2004
Professor
Ernst Fehr
Teaching Assistant:
David Abrams
Wednesday, 4:00PM - 7:00PM
September 15 - October 13, 2004
E51-372
Course outline
Students will be required to write two referee reports choosing from the papers linked to below.
Not more than one of the papers chosen should be a theory paper.
Papers
Lecture 1: Introduction and Methods
Lecture 2: Competitive Institutions
Lectures 3 & 4: Cooperation and Collective Action
Lectures 5-8: Social Preferences - Theory & Evidence
Problem Set 1
Contracts, Fairness, and Incentives
Lecture 9: Relational Contracts & Markets
Lecture 10: Behavioral Economics of Incentives
Lecture 11: Limited Rationality and Strategic Interaction
Lecture 12: Neuroscience and Economics
Problem Set 1 Solutions
Last updated October 26, 2004 by David Abrams