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Class 1 - Prospect Theory

• Lecture Notes (PowerPoint or pdf)
• Readings
  • Bazerman Chapter 3
  • Benartzi
  • Post, et al.
  • Thaler Chapter 6

Class 2 - Heuristics and Biases

• Lecture Notes (PowerPoint or pdf)
• Readings
  • Ariely Chapter 1
  • Bazerman Chapter 2
  • Shefrin Chapter 9
  • Tversky & Kahneman

Class 3 - Suboptimal Spending

• Lecture Notes (PowerPoint or pdf)
• Readings
  • Ariely Chapter 2
  • Ariely Chapter 10
  • Prelec & Simester

Class 4 - Investment Mistakes

• Lecture Notes (PowerPoint or pdf)
• Readings
  • Baker & Rosnick
  • Bazerman Chapter 7
  • Shefrin Chapter 14
  • Thaler & Sunstein Chapter 7

Classes 5 & 6 - Retirement Savings and Planning

• Lecture Notes
  • Part I (pdf)
  • Part II (TBA)
• Readings
  • Benartzi & Thaler JEP
  • Benartzi & Thaler Science
  • Benartzi, et al.

Class 7 - Money and Happiness

• Lecture Notes
  • Part I (PowerPoint or pdf)
  • Part II (pdf)
• Readings
  • Ariely Chapter 4
  • Benartzi
  • Kahneman, et al.
  • Oswald
  • White

Classes 8 & 9 -  Behavioral Finance in Action

• Moving from Theory to Action
• Nudging Brits to do the Right Things
• How Banking by Phone is Transforming Nigeria
• Retirement Savings 3.0: Simple, Convenient and Universal
• Lecture Notes (TBA)

Sample Final Projects

• Sample 1
• Sample 2
• Sample 3