PB4D5
Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making - Dissertation
This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Grace Lordan OLD M 2.26
Lectures and Seminars are taken by Dr Grace Lordan
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Behavioural Science. This course is not available as an outside option.
Course content
See entry for PB453
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the LT.
See entry for PB453
Indicative reading
Bertrand Marrianne and Duflo Ester. Field Experiments on Discrimination. in Handbook of Economic
Field Experiments. Volume 1, pages 309 - 393 2017.
MLA: Gneezy, Uri, Kenneth L. Leonard, and John A. List. "Gender differences in competition: Evidence from a
matrilineal and a patriarchal society." Econometrica 77.5 (2009): 1637-1664.
Johnston, David W. and Lordan, Grace (2016) Racial prejudice and labour market penalties during
economic downturns European Economic Review, 84. 57-75
Lordan, Grace and Pischke, Jorn-Steffen (2016) Does Rosie like riveting? Male and female occupational choices
NBER working paper, 22495. National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, USA.
Kandasamy, Narayanan, et al. "Cortisol shifts financial risk preferences." Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences 111.9 (2014): 3608-3613.
Shiller, Robert J. Finance and the Good Society, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012.
Fama, Eugene, “Market Efficiency, Long-Term Returns, and Behavioral Finance,” Journal of Financial
Economics.
Assessment
Dissertation (100%, 10000 words) in the ST.
You are required to write a 10,000 word dissertation (replacing the exam). You are expected to attend the course teaching on the half-unit that you chose to write your dissertation on.
Key facts
Department: Psychological and Behavioural Science
Total students 2018/19: Unavailable
Average class size 2018/19: Unavailable
Controlled access 2018/19: No
Value: One Unit
Personal development skills
- Leadership
- Self-management
- Team working
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Application of numeracy skills
- Specialist skills