ECON3416 — Behavioral Economics: Reviews & Ratings

ECON3416 (Behavioral Economics) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.

Questions assumptions made in standard microeconomic utility-driven models, using insights from psychology and other social sciences. Examines behavior that departs from these assumptions and tests theories with data. Incorporates empirical evidence from a wide range of fields, including development economics, health economics, labor economics, industrial organization, and finance. Topics include deviations from standard models in terms of preferences (present bias, reference dependence, and social preferences); beliefs (projection bias); and decision making (cognition, attention, and framing); as well as market and policy reactions to such deviations.

Last taught

Fall 2026

Credits

4 Hours

Prerequisites

(ECON 1116 with a minimum grade of D- or ECO 213M with a minimum grade of D- ); (ECON 2350 with a minimum grade of D- or BUSM 22EM with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 2280 with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 3081 with a minimum grade of D- or MGSC 2301 with a minimum grade of D- or BUSM 224M with a minimum grade of D- or POLS 2400 with a minimum grade of D- or PSYC 2320 with a minimum grade of D- )

Data updated October 2026.

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