This is a game theory/ information economics course at a PhD level, intended to be taken by first year PhD students in Economics, Finance, Management Science etc. The list of topics to be studied in the course consists of: simultaneous-move games (Nash equilibrium, dominance, rationalizability, Bayesian games etc.), sequential-move games (sub-game perfect equilibrium, backward induction, repeated games, Perfect equilibrium, etc.); as well as topics in information economics, such as: signalling games, adverse selection, mechanism design and moral hazard models.

The main objectives of the course are (1) introduce PhD students to the ideas/ concepts of game theory and information economics at an advanced level, and (2) have PhD students start work on a research proposal connected to their research field, that would potentially turn into a research paper and constitute part of their PhD thesis.