EC5217 - Behavioural Economics for Sustainable Policy
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject steps beyond the standard assumption of 'rationality' that is often adopted in economics. The subject explores how beliefs, heuristics, risk and uncertainty, intertemporal decision making and social preferences among others violate the rational economics model regarding decision making processes. In parallel the subject presents 'behavioural' models which have better predictive power regarding individual decision making processes. Finally, the subject touches on the implications from behavioural economics for policy, which is to date, largely based on rational models.
Learning Outcomes
- Advanced appraisal of the way in which the use of beliefs, heuristics and uncertainty can invalidate predictions of the rational economics model;
- Demonstrate comprehension of the rational and behavioural models by designing and conducting an experiment that can be used to validate one model versus the other;
- Advanced appraisal of empirical shortcomings of the rational model regarding intertemporal choices and social preferences and how behavioural models can do better.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Introductory subjects in Economics and Statistics |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BX2124 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Sizhong Sun. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); assignments (40%); test (30%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Sizhong Sun. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); assignments (40%); test (30%). |
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