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This section features information about the portions covered in the primary textbook.  It also offers lists of additional references  and papers.



Textboook


The primary book for this course is:

Bolton, Patrick, and Mathias Dewatripont. Contract Theory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262025768.

We will cover the following sections in detail:

  • Static bilateral contracting (adverse selection, screening, signaling, moral hazard). Chapters 2-4, 6.
  • Static multilateral contracting. Chapters 7, 8.
  • Dynamic contracting. Chapters 9, 10.
  • Incomplete contracts. Chapters 11-13.

We will also cover these topics in the course:

  • Theory of auctions (optimal auctions in particular: Myerson, Cremer-McLean)
  • Mechanism design (auctions, general incentive schemes, generalized VCG mechanism in particular)
  • Implementation theory
  • Dynamic agreements (collusion schemes in particular)

We will overlook these areas:

  • Theory of organizations
  • Bargaining
  • Political institutions
  • Capital markets (or other direct applications to finance...)
  • Behavioral models


Textbooks for Additional References


Mas-Colell, Andreu, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green. Microeconomic Theory. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780195102680.

Fudenberg, Drew, and Jean Tirole. Game Theory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780262061414.

Krishna, Vijay. Auction Theory. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780124262973.

Hart, Oliver D. Firms, Contracts, and Financial Structure. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780198288817.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques, and Jean Tirole. A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780262121743.

Salanié, Bernard. The Economics of Contracts: A Primer. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262195256.



General List of Papers


References (PDF)


 








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