770G03 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1F) · Nationalekonomi
Behavioural Economics
Active · next start VT 2027
91%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 3 Jun 2026 · 22 students
69%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 72 students
Unusually easy in 2025/26
91% passed the ordinary exam in 2025/26 (22 students), against 58% on average in earlier years (50 students).
Exam
TEN1 Examinationq
- VG
- G
- U
Ordinary exams
69% passed · 72 students
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Re-exams
80% passed · 10 students
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- 60%5
- Pass the re-exam: 80% (10 students), compared with 69% (72 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 34% (82 students)
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
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About the course
Aim
After completion the course the student shall be able to:
- account for theories within behavioral economics and how they relate to standard (neo)classical frameworks
- apply basic theories from behavioral economics to economic problems
- discuss the key debates on how behavioral economics can affect public policy.
Content
In this course the ways that economic and psychological factors jointly influence behavior is studied. Choices that economic actors make in the lab and in the field will be analyzed and explained with economic models. Standard economic models will be enriched by incorporating psychological mechanisms, including limited rationality, limited self-control and social preferences.
- Examiner
- Gustav Tinghög
- Main field of study
- Nationalekonomi