Friday, November 30, 2007

Economics and Psychology

Harvard Economist David Laibson recently gave three lectures at LSE on Psychology of Saving and Investment. In these lectures, he challenged many standard assumptions in economics and showed how a combination of psychology and economics can better predict behavior.

Lectrue 1: The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Intertemporal Choice
Lecture 2: The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Investment for Dummies
Lecture 3: The Psychology of Saving and Investment: Sticky Biases and the Curse of Education

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