Ask HN: Good books on Information Economics?
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Studied economics in college. The two books we read on information economics were Rethinking the Network Economy by S J Liebowitz and Information Rules by Varian and Shapiro.
I found Information Rules to be the superior text. They are both around 10 years old however, something more current may be more desirable.
I found Information Rules to be the superior text. They are both around 10 years old however, something more current may be more desirable.
Thank you. I will start there then.
The Wealth of Networks by Yochai Benkler and Information Rules by Hal Varian are good. Both are a bit dated though. If you know of any contemporary works to those, I'm all ears.
* Oz Shy, The Economics of Network Industries.
If you are interested in research at the interface of economics and theoretical computer science you have:
* Shoham, Leyton-Brown. Multiagent Systems.
* Nisan, Roughgarden, Tardos, Vazirani. Algorithmic Game Theory.
* Cramton, Shoham, Steinberg, Smith. Combinatorial Auctions.
For the traditional economic theory of asymmetric information among economic agents:
* Bikchandani, Riley and Hirshleifer. The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information.