ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Economics
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The aim of this course is to train experimentalists/behaviorists capable of managing an experimental project from its conception to its practical implementation, whether in the laboratory or in the field.
Students will be involved in experimental projects and will be invited to carry out their own projects. The training is both theoretical and practical.
Objectives
The main objective of the program is to train experts in the conduct of laboratory and field surveys and experiments in the humanities and social sciences, by training students in the various techniques of data collection, particularly laboratory and lab-in-the-field experimental data.
Know-how and skills
Students learn how to design and program experiments, conduct the run, and analyze the data to put it in perspective with existing knowledge.
Particular attention is paid to public decision support. The student is thus able to test the effectiveness of various public policy instruments and measures in the context of a laboratory or field experiment, to analyze the experimental data and to propose a behavioral model that makes it possible to understand and extrapolate the effects of these policies (via issues of decision-making, mental and social representations, etc.). Indeed, controlling and reinforcing the effectiveness of public policies implies being able to carry out a rigorous and precise evaluation at each stage of the decision-making process and public action, but also to understand the interaction of these policies with the behavior and decisions of individuals and/or groups of individuals.
Organization
Knowledge control
The conjunction of two thematic fields requires an intensive leveling at the entrance of the M1 for economists (psychology courses) and psychologists (economics courses). The courses are then shared mainly by teacher-researchers from the UM's Economics Department and the UPVM's Subject and Society Sciences Department3. The involvement of the two universities and the two disciplines justifies a specific organization.
- See Terms and conditions of knowledge control
Program
UE Econometrics M1 ECOPSY
Introduction to R software
1 creditsEconometrics Ecopsy
2 credits
Experimental economics 1
2 creditsGame theory
Econometrics
PIR
Survey methods
Research methodology UM3
Stata
Your choice: 1 of 2
Economy upgrade
3 creditsPsycho upgrade (UM3)
3 credits
Optional
Your choice: 1 of 2
Choice experiment
Cognitive bias 1 (UM3)
3 creditsSocial incentives and preferences
3 creditsTopics in experimental and behevorial economics
3 creditsSocial dilemmas
3 creditsResearch methodology 2 (UM3)
4 creditsEnglish (UM3)
3 creditsStatistical method
3 creditsZ-Tree
3 creditsExperimental design (UM3)
3 credits
Project (Memory)
15 creditsNon-parametric tests
2 creditsEconomics of justice and equity
Topics in social psychology (UM3)
3 creditsCognitive biases 2 (UM3)
2 creditsGame theory 2
3 creditsTopics in neuroscience and cognitive psychology (UM3)
3 credits
And then
Professional integration
Research and training in research occupy a privileged place in the program. Some of the students also go on to work as consultants and in local and national public administrations.
Potential opportunities for future graduates:
- Academic careers (academics, research organizations);
- Public institutions of different levels (ministries, government agencies, local authorities, etc.);
- International organizations (OECD, etc.);
- Managerial positions, human resources, consulting, marketing, etc.