Economics 768 - BehavioralFoundations/Dev&Envr

This course provides an approach to the current challenges in the interactions between development and the environment, using the lens of the current tools of behavioral sciences. By looking at the micro-foundations of how economic agents interact through their behavioral and institutional restrictions and incentives, we will tackle the questions that today many societies around the world face regarding their attempts to lift people out of poverty, eliminate injustices and preserve the natural base for future generations. The course will have a strong emphasis on empirical studies involving experiments from the laboratory, the field and random-controlled trials that can illuminate the barriers and potentials for finding a path for a more ecologically sustainable, feasible and fair path for societies, within their biological and cultural diversity.

Open to Graduate students only.