EC4433 Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Planned timetable

When confirmed, check online https://timetables.st-andrews.ac.uk/.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr T Cuhadaroglu

Dr T Cuhadaroglu
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Tugce Cuhadaroglu

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This is a theoretical and applied microeconomics module that studies human behaviour in social and strategic contexts. After reviewing the experimental evidence on human sociality and strategic thinking, it presents theoretical models that incorporate empirically motivated and psychologically realistic assumptions into formal models of human behaviour. The module explores a range of factors - social identity, social learning, social norms, bounded rationality, emotions, and social rationality - that influence and explain human behaviour in market institutions.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

AVAILABLE WITH PERMISSION OF THE ECONOMICS HONOURS ADVISER

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 50% Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

2-hour Written Examination= 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

20 hours of lectures over 11 weeks, 1-hour tutorial (x 5 weeks).

Scheduled learning hours

25

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

175

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Discuss the empirical evidence for social preferences and behaviour in strategic situations arising from experimental games.
  • Understand why human behaviour may differ from the standard neoclassical theories in social and strategic contexts.
  • Become familiar with the main theory of social preferences and behavioural models of game theory.
  • Discuss the applications of social preferences and behavioural game theory.