ECON7304 - Information Economics and Mechanism Design

ECON 7304 Information Economics and Mechanism Design (3 semester credit hours) An advance treatment of topics in the economics of information and mechanism design. Topics include implementation, the revelation principle, classic Bayesian mechanism design, dominant strategy mechanisms, Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanism, market design, auctions, public goods, signaling, cheap talk, information disclosure, and persuasion. Prerequisite: ECON 6302 or MECO 6345 or instructor consent required. (3-0) T