Humans often act irrationally, making decisions—sometimes important ones—that contradict our best interests. This kind of irrational behavior is at the center of behavioral economics, and this free, ...

You've done everything—endured diets, purged your freezer of Ben & Jerry's, and educated yourself on fat, sugar, and calories. Yet, you can't manage to lose weight. What's wrong with you? According to ...

In the late 1800s, one of the most enduring fictional characters of all time first appeared on the scene. No, I am not talking about Sherlock Holmes or Oliver Twist, but a less well-known though ...

Gig or sharing economy platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, Grubhub and Taskrabbit are rapidly redefining the meaning of work, innovation and prosperity in post-industrial capitalist economies. How has ...

To view courses offered by semester go to the on-line schedule, descriptions of all economics courses are available through the Catalog. The Open Course List shows which courses still have open seats.

In experiential education, the student learns through experience by observing a concept or phenomenon and applying this knowledge in a real-world context. A research project conducted by undergraduate ...

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...