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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

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• 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 - Household Debt

• Lecture Notes (PowerPoint or pdf)
• Readings
  • Bailey
  • Barr, et al.
  • Sterlicchi
  • Thaler & Sunstein Chapter 8
  • Thaler & Sunstein

Class 5 - Investment Mistakes

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

Class 6 - Capital Investments, Human Capital and Managing Risk

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• Readings
  • Balise
  • Johnson, et al.
  • Northeastern Dude for Sale

Class 7 - Retirement Savings and Planning

• Lecture Notes (PowerPoint or pdf)
• Readings
  • Benartzi & Thaler
  • Benartzi
  • Choi, et al.

Class 8 - Money and Happiness

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