
Overview
Starting point: individuals are not rational, self-interested maximizers, but behave and make decisions based on a limited capacity to process information and preferences that include a regard for social norms, such as fairness and reciprocity.
Address important behavioral questions, such as:
- How to encourage households to waste less food?
- How to prevent fraud in organizations?
- How to stimulate employees to cooperate efficiently?
- How to foster trust in online markets?
Combine insights from economists, psychologists and marketers cooperating in the Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research (TIBER).
The Tilburg University Economics - Behavioral Economics MSc. programme is a track of MSc Economics. You can choose to follow the main program or one of the tracks.
Typical courses are:
- Behavioral Economics of Social Interaction
- Behavioral Economics of Individual Decisions
- Experiments and Surveys
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Courses include:- Python Programming for Economists
- Methods - Econometrics
- Methods - Game Theory 1 or 2
- Seminar Behavioral Economics of Social Interaction
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Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in Economics or in a similar program (e.g., in Econometrics) from a university that is recognized by the program management
- A solid academic background in economics, especially:
- And at least 2 applied Economics courses (in total minimum 12 ECTS)
- The GRE test is a compulsory qualitative admission requirement for this program
- Academic IELTS with a minimum overall score of 6.5 and a minimum score of 6.0 on all individual parts of the test.
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16500 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 16500 EUR per year during 12 months. -
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2530 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2530 EUR per year during 12 months.
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