Behavioral economics

7. Behavioral Finance: The Role of Psychology

Financial Markets (ECON 252) Behavioral Finance is a relatively recent revolution in finance that applies insights from all of the social sciences to finance. New decision-making models incorporate psychology and sociology, among other disciplines, to explain economic and financial phen

From playlist Financial Markets (2008) with Robert Shiller

Behavioral Biases

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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics | Richard Thaler | Talks at Google

Richard Thaler, in conversation with Hal Varian, Google's Chief Economist Richard Thaler, co-author of Nudge, will discuss his new book, Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. In this book, he couples recent discoveries in psychology with a practical understanding of incentives

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Game theory (4), evolution and economics.

This video concludes by showing how the consideration of maximum fitness in biology has a direct analog with maximum fitness (i.e., profit or success) in economics. The best way of thinking about successful and high fitness strategies must always be done from the perspective of the individ

From playlist TAMU: Bio 312 - Evolution | CosmoLearning Biology

Behavioral Economics for Product Design 101 - O'Reilly Webcast

Have you heard about behavioral economics but aren't sure how it applies to you? Behavioral econ can help you understand your users and how to make your product more effective. In this Webcast, we'll start with the basics and move to practical techniques you can use in your product. Here'

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6. Behavioral Genetics I

(April 12, 2010) Robert Sapolsky introduces a two-part series exploring the controversial scientific practice of inferring behavior to genetics. He covers classical techniques in behavior genetics and flaws, the significance of environmental factors, non genetic inheritance of traits, and

From playlist Genetics & Genomics

2. Utilities, Endowments, and Equilibrium

Financial Theory (ECON 251) This lecture explains what an economic model is, and why it allows for counterfactual reasoning and often yields paradoxical conclusions. Typically, equilibrium is defined as the solution to a system of simultaneous equations. The most important economic mode

From playlist Financial Theory with John Geanakoplos

Introduction to Economics

What is economics? Yes, of course it has to do with money. But beyond the concepts that we might immediately think of, like taxes, gross domestic product, and the stock market, which belong to macroeconomics, we must also understand microeconomics. Deconstructing the personal decisions we

From playlist Economics

The Behavioral Edge: level up your data skills with behavioral science

Data engineering is the unsung hero of the analytics revolution. While machine learning algorithms get all the spotlight, the quality of data can make or break an analytics project. Missing data or entry errors are just the tip of the iceberg: Thoughtfully creating new variables that are t

From playlist Ace Your Data Science Interview

Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview I (14.13 Psychology and Economics, Spring 2020)

MIT 14.13 Psychology and Economics, Spring 2020 Instructor: Prof. Frank Schilbach View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/14-13S20 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63Z979ri_UXXk_1zrvrF77Q In this first video, Prof. Frank Schilbach introduces the top

From playlist MIT 14.13 Psychology and Economics, Spring 2020

Lecture 4: Behavioral Development Economics: Introduction

MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021 Instructor: Frank Schilbach View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-771-development-economics-fall-2021 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61kvh3caDts2R6LmkYbmzaG Part 1 of 2 of Behavioral Deve

From playlist MIT 14.771 Development Economics, Fall 2021

Behavioral Economics: Crash Course Economics #27

Why do people buy the stuff they buy? In classical economics, most models assume that consumers behave rationally. As you've probably noticed in your real life, in case after case, people don't actually make rational decisions. There can be emotional or social reasons for all this irration

From playlist Economics

NIPS 2011 Big Learning - Algorithms, Systems, & Tools Workshop: Towards Human Behavior...

Big Learning Workshop: Algorithms, Systems, and Tools for Learning at Scale at NIPS 2011 Invited Talk: Towards Human Behavior Understanding from Pervasive Data: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead by Nuria Oliver Nuria Oliver is currently the Scientific Director for the Multimedia, HCI

From playlist NIPS 2011 Big Learning: Algorithms, System & Tools Workshop

S4:E2: Wellbeing is the Goal with Prof. Frank Schilbach

Episode Summary: MIT Prof. Frank Schilbach helps us reframe our traditional understanding of economics. Episode Notes: Do you always make the best possible choices, even when you’re stressed or short on sleep? The ideally rational person (“Homo economicus”) assumed by conventional economi

From playlist Chalk Radio Podcast

An Economic History of the World Since 1400 | Self-Interest, Survival, and History The Great Courses

Learn more about this course and sign up for a FREE trial of The Great Courses Plus here: https://wondrium.com/youtube/lp/t2/generic?utm_source=Video&utm_medium=Youtube&utm_campaign=149570 Economics has, in many regards, created the world. Not only is it the process through which societie

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Mod-01 Lec-32 Transaction cost and Economic Anthropology approaches

History of Economic Theory by Dr. Shivakumar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences IIT Madras, For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

From playlist IIT Madras: History of Economic Theory | CosmoLearning.org Economics

Behavioral Economics Aren't that Convincing in Medicine

There have been a lot of stories about using behavioral economics to change wide array of human behaviors. Studies have looked at adherence to treatments, weight control, and lots of other areas, and have found that trying to change people with economics isn't all that effective. Aaron ha

From playlist Healthcare Triage

Mod-01 Lec-34 From Schumpeter to neo Schumpetarian evolutionism

History of Economic Theory by Dr. Shivakumar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences IIT Madras, For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

From playlist IIT Madras: History of Economic Theory | CosmoLearning.org Economics

The Explainer: What is a Business Model?

"Business model" and "strategy" are among the most sloppily used terms in business. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our

From playlist The Explainer