2  Critical reading

2.1 Module overview

Each week we discuss a paper from the behavioural economics literature. From week 5, the discussion is student led. These readings will teach you to critically read the literature, assess the quality of the research and determine the generalisability of the findings to new domains.

At the end of this module, you should be able to answer the following questions:

  1. What hypothesis is the paper testing? How was the hypothesis tested?
  2. What were the experimental or research results? What are the limitations of the findings?
  3. Is the experimental result likely to replicate or generalise?
  4. How else could we test the hypothesis?
  5. What is the contribution of the paper to the broader literature?

2.2 Weekly readings