ECON 148Behavioral Economics
Economics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Behavioral economics is emerging subfield of economics that incorporates insights from psychology and other social sciences into economics to improve realism of economic models by incorporating realistic features such as aversion for losses, problems with self control, or concerns for others and thereby improve economic analyses. Review of some standard assumptions made in economics and examination of evidence on how human behavior systematically departs from these assumptions. Investigation of attempts to explore alternative models of human decision making and assessment to what extent these alternative models help improve economic analyses.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 101.
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ECON 148
- ECON 101Microeconomic Theory
1 direct requisite. Showing 5 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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