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ECON 420 -  Economics of Information

Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): ECON 303 .
How markets and governments create incentives to elicit private information from individuals and firms, and how individual welfare is affected as a result. Topics include: Auctions; bank failures; internet commerce; education; mandatory retirement; voting and preference revelation; allocating dormitory rooms.