Textbook on behavioural economics that can be read entirely online or downloaded in a variety of formats. Structured in four sections, it first shows how human biases and misjudgements have been demonstrated in experiments. Section 2 addresses alternative theories of choice and section 3 explains behavioural game theory. The last section looks at the empirical work on choice architecture.
Videos, Powerpoints, quizzes and links to readings for a one-semester college-level course. "It is primarily motivated by teaching economics using Excel to provide students a saleable and marketable skill that goes beyond the economic training. However, it can also be used as a traditional economics course[.]"
Lecture slides, handouts, and homework exercises from a 12-lecture course. Includes short PDF guides to linear algebra, calculus, and optimisation.
Lecture slides, problem sets, and exams from a 25-lecture course on "Master[ing] statistical and econometric tools along with coding in R, to analyze data and answer economic questions."
An online game simulating a month in the life of an unemployed American, presenting a succession of financial choices which are used to illustrate the big picture of poverty. It discussed the consequences of poverty in terms of health, stress, and living conditions. The site includes a PDF of sources.
Course materials, including lecture video extracts, from a course on the Adaptive Markets Hypothesis with applications to hedge funds, the 2008 Financial Crisis, and COVID-19. "Drawing on psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and other fields, this course shows that the theory of market efficiency isn’t wrong, but merely incomplete. When markets are unstable, investors react instinctively, creating inefficiencies for others to exploit." Each unit has downloadable lecture slides. The course is part of the MIT Open Learning Library; it is freely available but registration is necessary to see some of the resources.
27-chapter, 418-page book published by LSE Press and available freely to read online or in epub and mobi formats. It is based on the authors' Masters course taught at Harvard Kennedy School. The content "introduces the tools of dynamic optimization in the context of economic growth, and then applies them to a wide range of policy questions". Supplementary materials include slides with all the book's equations in .tex format.
"The Economy 1.0 is CORE Econ’s original free, open access text for a year long introductory undergraduate course. It includes capstone units devoted to globalization, inequality, the environment, innovation and the networked economy, and the role of government." It was updated for the last time in 2022; subsequent revisions are implemented in The Economy 2.0. The 22-chapter textbook includes a glossary and a set of related videos.
Simulation of the spread of a virus "and its associated effects on the economy and income inequality." The user can choose features of the transmission network, including its size and the number of connections, and the infection rate of the virus. The simulation shows the spread of the virus with no mitigation measures, or with social distancing. The simulation can be run online (although there is a risk of it overloading with large groups) or alternatively can be run on a local computer using R and RStudio.
"A curated selection of The Economist articles mapped to CORE’s The Economy 1.0 and Economy, Society, and Public Policy ebooks, as well as Edexcel A-level qualification." Each article comes with suggested assessment questions. The database of 245 articles can be browsed online or downloaded as an Excel file. Access requires an instructor login to the CORE site, which is free.
"A curated selection of Financial Times articles mapped to CORE’s The Economy 1.0, The Economy 2.0, and Economy, Society, and Public Policy ebooks, as well as Edexcel A-level, Cambridge International AS and A levels, International Baccalaureate, and College Board AP qualifications." For each, it gives suggested assessment questions. The database of 164 articles can be browsed online or downloaded as an Excel file. Access requires an instructor login to the CORE site, which is free.
A free, introductory textbook intended for undergraduate level courses and graduate non-economics programmes, self-study, and high-school courses. Consists of five chapters (with more to come), a glossary, and instructor notes. The book is fully online. Clicking on "Contents" the top left brings up a search box which searches the whole text.
