14.13 Psychology and Economics
14.13 Psychology and Economics (Spring 2020, MIT OCW). Instructor: Prof. Frank Schilbach. Psychology and Economics (aka Behavioral Economics) is a growing subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology and other social sciences into economics. This course covers recent advances in behavioral economics by reviewing some of the assumptions made in mainstream economic models, and by discussing how human behavior systematically departs from these assumptions. Applications will cover a wide range of fields, including labor and public economics, industrial organization, health economics, finance, and development economics. (from ocw.mit.edu)
| Lecture 09 - Reference-Dependent Preferences |
In this video, Prof. Schilbach explains reference-dependent preferences, a central principle in prospect theory, that is, a person evaluates outcomes and expresses preferences relative to an existing reference point.
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