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...took hours due to the lack of quality TFs. Exams, however, were straightforward restatements of the problem sets and did not provoke worry. N.B.: If you are a non-Economics concentrator and want a version of Psych and Ec with less Ec and more paper writing, check out Sendhil Mullainathan??s Ec1035, “Policy Applications of Psychology and Economics.” Mullainathan is also very prominent in the world of behavioral economics and has received sky-high CUE ratings for his teaching abilities. Course veterans have called the course an “easy...
...have on the developing world. The forum, called “How To Turn Economic Research into Social Action in South Asia,” aimed to encourage quantitative research on the effectiveness of socially oriented programs—especially microfinance institutions (MFIs). According to Professor of Economics Sendhil Mullainathan??one of the five panelists who spoke yesterday—NGOs and MFIs have been proliferating in South Asia in the past decade. What is lacking, Mullainathan and other panelists said, is data. “How do we know any [of these] programs work...
Psychology and economics, combined in one field, offers a greater range of instruments with which to implement social policies. Mullainathan??s work explores how the use of psychological factors that influence people’s decisions can help construct effective social programs...
...interdisciplinary and innovative nature of the field makes Mullainathan??s behavioral economics courses appealing to students...
Students say Mullainathan??s teaching style complements the new research covered in his course...