Bachelorseminar WiSe 2024/2025
Information on the seminars in the winter term 2024/25 will be completed soon. Check our website regularly to stay up to date.
Masterseminar Public Policy WiSe 2024/2025:
Narratives in Economics
Narratives drive economic behavior by framing how individuals and institutions perceive and respond to economic realities. They influence individuals’ beliefs, investment decisions, and policy-making by providing a coherent context for understanding complex economic phenomena. Historical and contemporary examples reveal how powerful narratives can create economic booms, busts, and shifts in public policy. By examining these stories, we develop an understanding of how they translate to economic behavior and uncover the mechanisms by which narratives can alter market dynamics and drive individual decision making. In this seminar, we aim to dive deep into the conceptualization of narratives and investigate how they shape individuals’ beliefs and economic behavior.
No specific MIEPP course is required.
Schedule:
October 28, 2024: Introductory session
November 14, 2024: Individual meetings, questions on papers
November 15, 2024: Individual meetings, questions on papers
January 10, 2025, 11:59 pm: Deadline for a draft of your paper
January 17, 2025: Seminar with discussions & presentations
January 24, 2025: Seminar with discussions & presentations
February 7, 2025, 11:59 pm: Deadline for final paper
Individual meetings: every Tuesday, 10:00 - 11:00 am in room 02-135 (ReWi II).
Initial Literature:
- Roos, M., & Reccius, M. (2024). Narratives in economics. Journal of Economic Surveys, 38(2), 303-341.
- Shiller, R. J. (2017). Narrative economics. American Economic Review, 107(4), 967-1004.
- Shiller, R. J. (2020). Narrative economics: How stories go viral and drive major economic events. Princeton University Press.
Doctoral Seminar "Public and Behavioral Economics" WiSe 2024/2025:
In the doctoral seminar, we present and discuss research projects in the fields of public and behavioral economics, and we teach new research methods that are being used in these fields. The seminar will take place every two weeks and it lasts 90 minutes. All doctoral students and master students from economics at JGU are invited to attend. The seminar takes place in room 02-132 (ReWi II).
Schedule:
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