ECON2126 Principles of Experimental and Behavioural Economics (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.9/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ECON2126 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 实验与行为经济学原理
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Economics
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
How do you do economics experiments "right" and why is it that "the way one does an experiment is unbelievably important", as a famous behavioural economist once noted? In this course, we will talk about the experimental method in economics—and how it differs from methods in other social sciences—and will do so by reading widely cited articles.
ECON2126 has 6 scored reviews: overall 2.9/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.4/5).
On Reddit: "yeah for econ2126 we had a mid term and a final. Personally, i scored pretty well in both but they were still quite challenging, You just have to remember each paper's key findings (results + conclusion), methodology, etc. At the start is hard, but once you go through the term i…"
On Reddit: "econ2126 is very different to most economics courses. all you do is read \~8 economic research papers a week and discuss them in lectures and tutorials (there are CP marks for both lectures and tuts sadly). Personally, it was a pain in the ass bc I hated reading those papers and…"
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Q: Is ECON2126 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 2.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON2126, and when is it offered?
A: ECON2126 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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