Dunning Hall, Rm.
Topics vary from year to year, and are drawn from different areas of the microeconomic theory.
Applications of game theory, contract theory, asymmetric information problems, and principal-agent problems are some of the examples. This year, this Ph.D. topic sequence will be taught by the three of us, each teaching eight weeks of classes. Ruqu Wang will teach the first eight weeks in the fall term, Frank Milne will teach the remaining four weeks in the fall term and then the first four weeks in the winter term, while Susanna Esteban will teach the remaining eight weeks in the winter term. There will be two exams, one at the end of the fall term, the other at the end of the winter term. A term paper is also required at the end of the winter term.