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ECON 32500 - Agency in Economics

Course Credit: 1
This course surveys how economists have studied and conceptualized individual and group agency-or the capacity for human beings to make choices and to impose those choices on the world around them. Topics examining the main insights from Classical, Evolutionary, Behavioral, and Experimental Game Theory are explored. Additional topics survey the principle findings and implications of Behavioral Economics, Neuroeconomics, and Behavioral Finance for Economics and related social sciences. Prerequisite(s): ECON-20100 (Intermediate Micro Economic Theory)