EF8071 - Topics in Microeconomics | ||||||||||
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* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice | ||||||||||
Course Aims | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information) | ||||||||||
Continuous Assessment: 40% | ||||||||||
Examination: 60% | ||||||||||
Examination Duration: 3 hours | ||||||||||
Detailed Course Information | ||||||||||
EF8071.pdf |