Outline:
1. Single agent, Static Persuasion mechanism
2. Single agent, Dynamic Persuasion mechanisms
3. Multiple agent, Static Persuasion mechanisms
4. Multiple agent, Dynamic Persuasion mechanisms
5. Behavioral Applications
The Reading list will include papers such as:
Kamenica and Gentzkow: Bayesian Persuasion (AER)
Ely, Frankel, and Kamenica: Suspense and Surprise (JPE)
Ely: Beeps (working paper)
Bergemann and Morris: Bayes Correlated Equilibria (TE)
The course is open to PhD students. There is no course fee. Deadline for applying this course is June 1, 2015.
Further questions may be directed to prof. Bård Harstad, Department of Economics, University of Oslo .
Teatching time and Place*)
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Monday June 22 |
Tuesday June 23 |
Wednesday June 24 |
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12:30 - 13:30 Room 1047 |
10:15 - 12:00 Room 1047 |
10:15 - 12:00 Room 1047 |
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14:15-16 Room 1047 |
14:15 - 17 Room 1047 |
14:15 - 16:00 Room 1047 |
*) Small changes may occur.
Exam and credits:
Course credits: 5 ECTS. For credit we require a term paper/essay. Grades will be pass/fail.
How to get there:
The course is located at the Departmentof Economics.
Subway: Take line 4 (Storo), line 4 (Ringen) or line 6 (Sognsvann) westbound, to Forskningsparken. When you leave the train, you'll go straight ahead passing to the left of one tall building and directly towards another 12 floor building (Eilert Sundts hus B), where the Department is located in the 12th floor. Building # 10 on the map.
Tram: Take line 17 og 18 towards Rikshospitalet, and depart at the stop called "Universitetet Blindern". The Department is located in the first tall building to the left.
Accomodation
The participants will have to arrange for accomodation for themselves. Here are som links that may be helpful: