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The following papers were selected for study for PHDBA279B 'Auctions and Contracts' (listed in the order that they appeared in class):
 
The following papers were selected for study for PHDBA279B 'Auctions and Contracts' (listed in the order that they appeared in class):
  
===Morgan's Section ('''A'''ccepted or '''R'''ejected by Morgan)===
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===Morgan's Section===
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The following is a selection by Egan ('''A'''ccepted or '''R'''ejected by Morgan):
 
*'''(A)''' [[Baye Morgan Scholten 2006 - Information Search and Price Dispersion | Baye, Michael R., John Morgan, and Patrick Scholten (2006), "Information, Search, and Price Dispersion,"]] Handbook of Economics and Information Systems (T. Hendershott, ed.), Elsevier Press, Amsterdam. [http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/rjmorgan/Information%20Search%20and%20Price%20Dispersion.pdf link] [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Baye%20Morgan%20Scholten%20(2006)%20-%20Information%20Search%20and%20Price%20Dispersion.pdf pdf]
 
*'''(A)''' [[Baye Morgan Scholten 2006 - Information Search and Price Dispersion | Baye, Michael R., John Morgan, and Patrick Scholten (2006), "Information, Search, and Price Dispersion,"]] Handbook of Economics and Information Systems (T. Hendershott, ed.), Elsevier Press, Amsterdam. [http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/rjmorgan/Information%20Search%20and%20Price%20Dispersion.pdf link] [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Baye%20Morgan%20Scholten%20(2006)%20-%20Information%20Search%20and%20Price%20Dispersion.pdf pdf]
 
*'''(R)''' Nitzan, Shmuel (1994), "Modeling Rent Seeking Contests", European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 10(1), pages 41-60, May. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V97-46383PF-6/2/10b70895e020e1f895293f949e951dbd link] [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Nitzan%20(1994)%20-%20Modeling%20Rent%20Seeking%20Contests.pdf pdf]
 
*'''(R)''' Nitzan, Shmuel (1994), "Modeling Rent Seeking Contests", European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 10(1), pages 41-60, May. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V97-46383PF-6/2/10b70895e020e1f895293f949e951dbd link] [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Nitzan%20(1994)%20-%20Modeling%20Rent%20Seeking%20Contests.pdf pdf]
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Morgan provided the following comment: "My question will take a model from one of these papers and change it in an interesting way. Reading these papers may or may not help you solve my question."
 
Morgan provided the following comment: "My question will take a model from one of these papers and change it in an interesting way. Reading these papers may or may not help you solve my question."
  
===Tadelis' Section ('''A'''ccepted or '''R'''ejected by Tadelis)===
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===Tadelis' Section===
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The following is a selection by Egan ('''A'''ccepted or '''R'''ejected by Tadelis):
  
 
Note that papers from Steve Tadelis' class are yet to be announced and so have not yet been selected.
 
Note that papers from Steve Tadelis' class are yet to be announced and so have not yet been selected.

Revision as of 22:01, 2 March 2010

The following papers were selected for study for PHDBA279B 'Auctions and Contracts' (listed in the order that they appeared in class):

Morgan's Section

The following is a selection by Egan (Accepted or Rejected by Morgan):

  • (A) Baye, Michael R., John Morgan, and Patrick Scholten (2006), "Information, Search, and Price Dispersion," Handbook of Economics and Information Systems (T. Hendershott, ed.), Elsevier Press, Amsterdam. link pdf
  • (R) Nitzan, Shmuel (1994), "Modeling Rent Seeking Contests", European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 10(1), pages 41-60, May. link pdf
  • (A) Ellison, Glenn, Fudenberg, Drew, and Möbius, Markus (2004), "Competing Auctions", Journal of the European Economic Association, Mar, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p30-66 link pdf
  • (A) Caillaud, Bernard and Bruno Jullien (2003) "Chicken & Egg: Competition among Intermediation Service Providers", The RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 34, No. 2. (Summer), pp. 309-328. link pdf
  • (A) Grossman, Gene and Elhanan Helpman (2001), "Special Interest Politics", Chapters 4 and 5, MIT Press
  • (A) Dessein, Wouter (2002), "Authority and Communication in Organizations", The Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 69, No. 4. (Oct.), pp. 811-838. link pdf
  • (A) Krishna, Vijay and John Morgan (2008), "Contracting for information under imperfect commitment", RAND Journal of Economics, Winter, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 905-925. link pdf
  • (A) Hart, Oliver and John Moore (1988), "Incomplete Contracts and Renegotiation", Econometrica, Vol. 56, No. 4. (Jul.), pp. 755-785. link pdf
  • (A) Aghion, Philippe, Mathias Dewatripont, and Patrick Rey (1994), "Renegotiation Design with Unverifiable Information", Econometrica, Vol. 62, No. 2. (Mar.), pp. 257-282. link pdf

Nitzan (1994) was replaced by the paper that will be used for the 2012 class. The reference for this paper will be determined.

Morgan provided the following comment: "My question will take a model from one of these papers and change it in an interesting way. Reading these papers may or may not help you solve my question."

Tadelis' Section

The following is a selection by Egan (Accepted or Rejected by Tadelis):

Note that papers from Steve Tadelis' class are yet to be announced and so have not yet been selected.