Economics and psychology

  • 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 conception to 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. Training is both theoretical and practical.

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Objectives

The main aim of the course is to train experts in the conduct of laboratory and field surveys and experiments in the human and social sciences, by training students in the various techniques of data collection, in particular laboratory and lab-in-the-field experimental data.

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Know-how and skills

Students learn how to design and program experiments, carry out experiments and analyze data to put them into perspective with existing knowledge.

Particular attention is paid to public decision-making. Students will be able to test the effectiveness of various public policy instruments and measures in laboratory or field experiments, analyze the experimental data and propose a behavioral model to understand and extrapolate the effects of these policies (via questions of decision-making, mental and social representations, etc.). Indeed, mastering and reinforcing the effectiveness of public policies presupposes the ability to carry out rigorous and precise evaluation work at every stage of the decision-making process and public action, as well as understanding the interaction of these policies with the behavior and decisions of individuals and/or groups of individuals.

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Organization

Knowledge control

The combination of these two fields requires an intensive refresher course at the start of M1, aimed at economists (psychology courses) and psychologists (economics courses). The courses are then shared mainly by teacher-researchers from UM's UFR d'Economie and UPVM's UFR des sciences du sujet et de la société3. The involvement of both universities and both disciplines justifies a specific organization.

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Program

  • UE Econometrics M1 ECOPSY

    • Introduction to R software

      1 credits
    • Econometrics Ecopsy

      2 credits
  • Experimental economics 1

    2 credits
  • Game theory

  • Econometrics

  • PIR

  • Survey methods

  • Research methodology UM3

    • Scientific writing methodology

      3 credits
    • Methodology for measuring behavior in psychology

      3 credits
    • Multivariate data analysis in psychology

      3 credits
  • Stata

  • Your choice: 1 of 2

    • Economy upgrade

      3 credits
    • Psycho upgrade (UM3)

      3 credits
  • Optional

    • Optional Spanish Semester 1

    • English optional Semester 1

  • Your choice: 1 of 2

    • Spanish 1

    • English

  • Social psychology (UM3)

    4 credits
  • Experimental Economics 2 (UM3)

    3 credits
  • Economics of risk and uncertainty

  • Cognitive psychology

    • Cognitive functions (UM3)

    • Neurophysiological measurement techniques

      2 credits
    • Neurophysiological measurements in economics and psychology

      2 credits
  • Econometrics of qualitative variables

    4 credits
  • PIR

    5 credits
  • Behavioral economics

  • Optional

    • English optional Semester 2

    • Spanish optional Semester 2

    • UM student commitment

  • Choice experiment

  • Cognitive bias 1 (UM3)

    3 credits
  • Social incentives and preferences

    3 credits
  • Topics in experimental and behevorial economics

    3 credits
  • Social dilemmas

    3 credits
  • Research methodology 2 (UM3)

    4 credits
    • Ethics

    • Project methodology

    • Ethics

  • English (UM3)

    3 credits
  • Statistical method

    3 credits
  • Z-Tree

    3 credits
  • Experimental design (UM3)

    3 credits
  • Project (Memory)

    15 credits
  • Non-parametric tests

    2 credits
  • Economics of justice and equity

  • Topics in social psychology (UM3)

    3 credits
  • Cognitive biases 2 (UM3)

    2 credits
  • Game theory 2

    3 credits
  • Topics in neuroscience and cognitive psychology (UM3)

    3 credits

Admission

Access conditions

CANDIDATES :

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Capacity

25 places in Master 1

25 Master 2 places

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And then

Professional integration

Research and research training play a key role in the curriculum. A number of students also go on to work as consultants or in local and national public administrations.

Potential job opportunities for future graduates :

  • Academic careers (universities, research organizations) ;
  • Public institutions at various levels (ministries, government agencies, local authorities, etc.);
  • International organizations (OECD, etc.) ;
  • Managerial positions, human resources, consulting, marketing, etc.
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