Seminar in Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Dozent/in	Prof. Dr. Leif Brandes
Veranstaltungsart	Seminar
Code	FS191445
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2019
Durchführender Fachbereich	Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Di), ab 19.02.2019, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 8
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	wöchentliche Vorlesung
Inhalt	The purpose of this seminar series is to discuss behavioral and experimental economics research on a broad range of topics, such as social preferences, behavioral decision-making, or employee motivation. Questions addressed will include, but are not limited to: 1. Why do economists use behavioral and experimental approaches in their study of human behavior? 2. How do fairness considerations affect peoples’ behavior in and out of the laboratory? 3. Why do workers work more when wages are low? 4. How best to design donation campaigns to get people to give to charity? 5. How does organizational transparency affect employee motivation? 6. What is the role of reference-points for decision-making, and what determines reference points? 7. What leads people to cheat? A comprehensive reading list of academic articles related to a broad range of topics in behavioral and experimental economics will be provided at the start of the semester. Students are expected to give presentations of assigned papers, and to provide critical evaluations of the papers. Students will be assessed based on their presentations (60% of the final mark), and their in-class participation in discussions (40%). Spannende Antworten zur Veranstaltung: http://www.unilu.ch/wf-wahlpflicht
Lernziele	Upon seminar completion, students will have achieved the following learning outcomes: Topic-specific skills and knowledge 1. Students are able to explain the motivation and philosophy for studies in behav-ioral and experimental economics. 2. Students have a good overview knowledge of economic studies on social pref-erences (e.g., charitable giving, fairness concerns). 3. Students have a good overview knowledge of economic studies on behavioral decision-making (e.g., reference-point formation). 4. Students have a good overview knowledge of economic studies on employee motivation (e.g., authority, organizational transparency). 5. Students have a good overview knowledge of the range and scope of behavioral and experimental economics. Transferable skills and knowledge: 6. Students will practice their presentation skills. 7. Students will practice their analytical skills in evaluating the contributions, meth-ods, and limitations of research papers in economics. 8. Students will practice their discussion skills.
Voraussetzungen	Prior attendance of «Mikroökonomik I» is highly recommended.
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	To attend the course / exercise, registration via e-learning platform OLAT is required. Registration is possible from February 4 to March 1, 2019. The students themselves are responsible for checking the creditability of the course to their course of study. Direct link to OLAT course: https://lms.uzh.ch/url/repositoryentry/16521331177
Leistungsnachweis	No written examination.
Abschlussform / Credits	Students will be assessed based on their presentations (60% of the final mark), and their in-class participation in discussions (40%). / 3 Credits
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	leif.brandes@unilu.ch
Literatur	This seminar will be based on academic journal articles.