Bachelor 2025/2026

Economics of Information

Type: Elective course (Economic Analysis)

Delivered by: Undergraduate Programmes Curriculum Support

When: 3 year, 3 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Aleksei Smirnov

Language: English

Contact hours: 40

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the role of information in Economics, and to cover related theories and applications. The course is divided into two parts. The first part deals with classical static models of strategic communication, disclosure, signaling and screening. The second part is focused on social learning and strategic experimentation. The main purpose of this part is to learn how these theories can be used to study interesting practical questions. Students should possess basic knowledge of calculus and probability theory.