ECON 4600

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ECON 4600
Economics of Risk and Insurance: Decision Making Under Risk and Insurance Demand

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog.

The course will cover foundations of modern theory of decision making under risk. The first part of the course will cover the functioning of financial markets with focus on asset pricing. The main part of the course will focus on how consumers perceive and evaluate risk, as well as issues arising from asymmetric information, such as adverse selection and moral hazard. The latter part of the course will discuss the functioning of various insurance markets and welfare implications of potential policy interventions.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ECON 3030 and ECON 3040.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS, SSC-AS)

When Offered Fall or Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18898 ECON 4600   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person