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2023 Fall Course Info
Estate Planning for FamiliesFinancial CounselingInsurance Planning for FamiliesInvesting for the Family's FuturePersonal Income TaxationRetirement Planning, Employee Benefits, and the FamilyHousing/Real EstateFinancial Theory & Research IIMilitary Personal FinanceFinancial Planning - Case StudiesFundamentals for Family Financial Planning
2023 Summer Course Info
Financial Theory & Research IInsurance Planning for FamiliesHousing/Real EstateSeminar: Communication in Financial PlanningSeminar: Values and Impact InvestingFinancial Planning - Case StudiesFundamentals for Family Financial Planning
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Fall 2023 Course Information
Financial Theory & Research II
Course Description
This course features macroeconomic theory as it relates to family resource allocation decisions, theories of household behavior, the lifecycle hypothesis, behavioral economics, behavioral finance, theories of behavioral change, and psychological theories of family well-being. The course of study includes focus on empirical research investigating household financial decision-making.
Contacts
Instructor

Jim Deal
Office: 701-231-7568
Fax: 701-231-9645
jim.deal@ndsu.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Volume Two: Macroeconomics
Bauman, Y. & Klein, G.
Edition: 2011
ISBN: 978-0809033614
Publisher: Hill and Wang

Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Baddeley, M.
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 978-0198754992
Publisher: Oxford

Course Access
 
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Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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