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040249 UK Contract Theory (MA) (2022S)

Track in Competition and Regulation

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 07.02.2022 09:00 to Mo 21.02.2022 23:59
Registration is open from Th 24.02.2022 09:00 to Fr 25.02.2022 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 14.03.2022 23:59

Details

max. 50 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Anton Van Boxtel

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 03.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 07.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 10.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 14.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 17.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 21.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 24.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 28.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 31.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Monday 04.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 07.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 28.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Monday 02.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Thursday 05.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 19.05. 11:30 - 14:30 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 29.09. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 29.09. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course will cover the most common topics in the economics of information and contract theory:
1) Adverse selection and the market for lemons
2) Signalling models
3) Competitive screening
4) Monopolistic screening
5) Hidden action and moral hazard

Some special attention will be devoted to applications in financial economics.

Assessment and permitted materials

The final grade is based on the grades for the final exam (45%), problem sets (25%), and a midterm (30%).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Passing grade is 50%.

Examination topics

All of the material covered in class

Reading list

Mas Colell, Whinston and Green, Microeconomic Theory, chapters 13 and 14, as well as various handouts and journal articles.

Some supplementary material might be used from Robbert Gibbons: A Primer in Game Theory, and Bolton and Dewatripont: Contract Theory

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 29.09.2022 11:28