Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics

Authored by Dr. Mohamed Metwally Alkhateeb

Why do rational markets behave irrationally? Explore the intersection of psychology and economics.

Module 1: Cognitive Biases

  • Loss Aversion and Prospect Theory
  • Confirmation Bias and Overconfidence
  • Anchoring and Framing Effects

Module 2: Heuristics in Finance

  • How investors make shortcuts
  • The Availability Heuristic
  • Representativeness

Module 3: Nudge Theory

  • Designing choice architectures
  • Improving financial decision making
  • Policy applications
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Dr. Alkhateeb

Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Mohamed Metwally Alkhateeb

Assistant Professor of Economics | Alexandria University