Legacy Course Catalog
ECON 676 - Economics Of Uncertainty And Information I
| Effectivity: | 08/20/2007 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr |
| Short Title: | Econ Uncrtnty Info I |
| Description: | Covers topics in decision theory and the economics of information. Topics include: insurance, nonexpected utility theory, capital asset pricing models, stochastic calculus and options pricing models, organizational decision making, herd behavior, search theory and price dispersion models, principal-agent models, multiple agents, multiple tasks, multiple periods, incomplete contracts, and adverse selection topics. Applications of these models arise in industrial organization, labor economics, and public economics, as well as various areas in management. Course readings are primarily from journal articles. Prerequisite: ECON 60700. |
| School: | School Of Management |
| Department: | School Of Management - Adm & Instr |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
