course-schedule

Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium (Kolloquium)

Dozent/in: Luise Görges, Boris Hirsch, Mario Mechtel, Christian Pfeifer, Joachim Wagner, Christoph Wegener, Thomas Wein

Termin:
wöchentlich | Dienstag | 12:15 - 13:45 | 14.10.2024 - 31.01.2025 | C 6.317 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Vorträge zu laufenden Forschungsarbeiten von Promovierenden und Wissenschaftlern des Instituts sowie von auswärtigen Gästen. Die Referenten sollten möglichst min. eine Woche vor dem Vortrag ihr Papier an Boris Hirsch schicken, der es dann für alle Teilnehmer zugänglich in MyStudy hochladen wird. Hierdurch sollen tiefergehende Diskussionen der Papiere ermöglicht werden. * im Seminarplan: Externe Gäste, mit denen wir vermutlich am Dienstagabend Essen gehen werden, wozu alle Interessierten gerne mitkommen können (Info bei Boris Hirsch).

Behavioral Economics (Vorlesung)

Dozent/in: Mario Mechtel

Inhalt: Based on numerous empirical and experimental insights, the field of behavioral economics has emerged within the last decades and become an important part of mainstream economic research. The course will cover fundamental topics from this field. We will analyze the effects of reference points for behavior, how individuals make intertemporal choices, the role of social preferences (e.g., altruism, fairness, envy) for decision-making, and how social groups individuals identify with affect behavior. Additionally, we will cover well-known heuristics and biases (e.g., confirmation bias, overconfidence). We will also analyze strategic interaction using behavioral game theory. At the end, we will cover selected applications (e.g., labor market, happiness research, nudging). Behavioral economics embeds insights from disciplines such as psychology and sociology, but aims at building formal models of economic behavior to generate testable predictions. In this course, we will stick to basic principles of neoclassical reasoning and modeling, but we will depart in some dimensions and analyze situations in which individuals have limited willpower, rationality, and self-interest (in some sense). We will, subsequently, compare behavioral approaches and results with those from standard neoclassical economics. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Prospect Theory 3. Intertemporal Choices 4. Social Preferences 5. Social Identity 6. Behavioral Game Theory 7. Heuristics and Biases 8. Selected Applications

Behavioral Economics (Exercise) (Übung)

Dozent/in: Mario Mechtel

Inhalt: See lecture

Principles of Economics (Vorlesung/Übung)

Dozent/in: Mario Mechtel

Inhalt: This course presents an introduction to modern economics. Students will gain insight into modern economics, learning how economic ideas can describe, explain, predict, and improve important social and economic phenomena of our time. They will learn about modern economics as an empirical discipline that uses models to understand real-world phenomena and become familiar with the application of these models in decision making by individuals, businesses, governments, and other organizations. Please see syllabus on myStudy (material folder) for more details.

Leuphana Bachelor - Leuphana Semester - Economics: Introduction to the Discipline

Causal inference and applied microeconometrics (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Nils Braakmann, Mario Mechtel

Inhalt: Die Veranstaltung wird als Blockveranstaltung nach dem Ende der Vorlesungszeit im Winter stattfinden, der genaue Termin steht noch nicht fest. Informationen werden zu gegebener Zeit nachgetragen. Eine Teilnahme ist für alle Promovierenden der Leuphana möglich. Bitte wenden Sie sich für Rückfragen direkt an Herrn Mechtel.

Course Schedule

Veranstaltungen von Prof. Dr. Mario Mechtel

Lehrveranstaltungen

Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium (Kolloquium)

Behavioral Economics (Vorlesung)

Behavioral Economics (Exercise) (Übung)

Principles of Economics (Vorlesung/Übung)

Causal inference and applied microeconometrics (Seminar)