Kursinformation

This course combines findings from behavioral and neural sciences (cognitive neuroscience, neuroeconomics and neurofinance; psychology of money, social endocrinology, behavioral finance) to elucidate how humans attach value and make financial decisions. It takes the form of 12 (weekly) 1h45 classes. The meetings will be based on pre-class readings and will involve a quizz review, lecture, various interactive exercises, and in-class discussion of relevant scientific literature. The final assignment will require students to exercise their ability to critically select, evaluate and apply research findings to propose a real-life decision making application (a potential service or a product applying research in fintech, welath-tech and decision-making support systems).
Topics include:fundamental tools in neuroeconomics, economic preferences, the neurobiology of valuation, choice and learning; neuroforecasting, biases, belief formation and others. The course will encourage future thinking and speculation about the potential applications of the state-of-the-art research in supporting individual and collective financial decision-making.