ECONOMICS 219B

PSYCHOLOGY AND ECONOMICS
SPRING 2004
Professor Stefano DellaVigna
Office: 515 Evans Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00 AM - 12 Noon
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Course Location: 639 Evans Hall
Schedule: Wednesday 12 Noon - 3:00 PM



READING LIST:

  • 04/21/04: Reading List



  • LECTURE NOTES:

  • Lecture Notes #1:    (Introduction to Psychology and Economics, Present Bias)
  • Lecture Notes #2:    (Present Bias: Status Quo, 401(k)s)
  • Lecture Notes #3:    (Present Bias: Health Clubs, Credit Cards, Deadlines)
  • Lecture Notes #4:    (Present Bias: Payday Effect, Summary. Reference Dependence: Introduction)
  • Lecture Notes #5:    (Reference Dependence: Labor Supply, Effect of Experience)
  • Lecture Notes #6:    (Reference Dependence: Housing, Finance. Coherent Arbitrariness)
  • Lecture Notes #7:    (Reference Framing: Environmental Choices, Menu Effects)
  • Lecture Notes #8:    (Empirical Corporate Finance and Earning Announcement)
  • Lecture Notes #9:    (Earning Announcements, Noise Traders, Event Studies)
  • Lecture Notes #10:  (Event Studies, Attention: Neglect of Indirect Effects?)
  • Lecture Notes #11:  (Market Response to Biases: Pricing, Corporate Decisions, Employees, Betting)  
  • Lecture Notes #12:  (Attention: Salient, Long-Term Future, Summary. Welfare Response to Biases. Media and Politicians)
  • Lecture Notes #13:  (Media: Media Bias, Effect on Voters and Investors. Social Learning and Persuasion)
  • Lecture Notes #14:  (Persuasion and 401(k)s, Social Approval, Overconfidence: Mergers)
  • Lecture Notes #15:  (Overconfidence: Market Entry, Social Preferences: Charitable Donations, Advice for Graduate Studies)

    HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Homework #1
  • Homework #2
  • Homework #3
  • Homework #4
  • Homework #5
  • Homework #6
  • Homework #7
  • Homework #8
  • Homework #9
  • Homework #9


  • EMPIRICAL PROBLEM SET ON EARNING ANNOUNCEMENTS

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