University of Exeter

Course Details

MSc Behavioural Economics and Finance

Course Description

This programme combines the intellectual rigour of a standard MSc in Economics with the insights stemming from the intersection of economics, social psychology and cognition. This programme provides the quantitative training of standard microeconomics, with a thorough grounding in the research methodology behind experimental economics, whether applied to laboratory studies, or to field experiments. It also provides the statistical training required to analyse and interpret data from experiments. The specialised courses in individual choice, behavioural economics and experimental courses will take students from the standard models that underpin behavioural sciences to the current developments in the field, whether applied to labour economics, behavioural finance or behavioural public finance, as well as policy applications, including the analysis of tax compliance by the HM Treasury or savings decisions by workers in the United States.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
1year

Career outcomes

We are very proud of our graduates who have careers across a broad range of sectors and are working all over the world. Example destinations of recent graduates of the School's postgraduate programmes include: Director, Strategic Matters UK Business Analyst, Dresdner Kleinwort Business Consultant, Transition Consulting Account Executive, IMG Financial Business Analyst, Reuters Chartered Financial Analyst, 7city Learning Equity Analyst, Japanese Bank Trainee Fund Manager, Scottish Widows Finance Analyst, The Arcadia Group Business Analyst, Dresdner Kleinwort Assistant Economist, Customs and Excise Economist, Bank of Estonia PhD Statistics, London School of Economics and Political Science Associate Lecturer, Universidad de Castilla, Spain (PhD Economics) Risk Analyst, GE Capita Trainee Accountant, Citibank Investment Analyst, Stamford Associates Account Manager, Renaissance Group, Nicosia Investment Analyst, Capital Finance Senior Executive, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Prague Economist, Civil Service Global Share Dealer, Deloitte Ship Broker, Ssy Banker, Standard and Chartered

MSc Behavioural Economics and Finance University of Exeter