Contract Theory

This page contains my notes on contract theory, which were used in the first half of the Fall 2019 contract theory PhD course at Harvard. I plan to post these notes before each class. Please note that they are a first draft, so they might/will contain mistakes. I hope that they are nevertheless useful!


Chapter 1: Insurance vs. Incentives


Chapter 2: Other Contracting Frictions


Problem set 1


Chapter 3: Dynamic Incentives


Chapter 4: Limited Commitment


Chapter 5: Gaming


Chapter 6: Mechanism Design


Problem Set 2


Chapter 7: Information Design