Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LH Advanced Behavioural and Experimental Economics
School	Birmingham Business School
Department	Economics
Module Code	07 33102
Module Lead	Michalis Drouvelis and Danae Arroyos Calvera
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites	LI Behavioural and Experimental Economics - (07 32216)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-40 hours Guided independent study-160 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module extends the behavioural and experimental economics learned at Level I. The course will discuss some of the more recent developments in behavioural and experimental economics. Students will have the opportunity to design their own experiments to test behavioural economic hypotheses. The course will also focus on the behaviour change paradigm and discuss the insights surrounding how behavioural economics can be used to influence individuals’ behaviour.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: assess behavioural economic accounts of individual and strategic decision making; produce experimental designs to test behavioural economic hypotheses; analyse and interpret the results of economics experiments; evaluate and appraise existing behavioural economics interventions; design new behaviour change interventions based on behavioural economic theory.
Assessment	33102-01 : Group Presentation : Presentation (25%) 33102-02 : Essay : Coursework (75%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Group presentation (25%), 3000-word essay (75%)
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