<p>For the basics I always liked Varian's &quot;Microeconomic Analysis&quot; (the graduate book).</p>
<p>For a good introduction into game theory (with a nice chapter on signalling) I would first read Gibbons' &quot;A primer in game theory&quot; (in the US i think it's called Game Theory for Applied Economists.</p>

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Evangelos Con
<p>For other people who are interested, I had a talk with a professor who is a theorist and he pointed me to the following books:</p>
<p>Introductory coverage of main ideas:
&quot;A Course In Microeconomic Theory&quot; by David Kreps.
&quot;Microeconomic Theory&quot; by Mas-Colell, Whinston, and Green.</p>
<p>More comprehensive work:
&quot;The Theory of Incentives&quot; by Laffont and Martimort.
&quot;Contract Theory&quot; by Bolton and Dewatripont.</p>

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Mwazr A
<p>I am coming from a political economy/public choice perspective, trying to explore some ideas in signaling, especially the supply-side analysis of information transmission by the media/news. Although I know of some well-known papers written very close to my area of interest, the landscape of information economics, in general, has been hard for me to fully discover.</p>
<p>Is anyone familiar with a good book that can catch me up in this sub-field? Obviously, suggestions containing review papers, lecture series etc will also be excellent (if available). I am trying to learn about this topic from a theoretical perspective.</p>

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# Any good resources on Information Economics Theory?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-01)

I am coming from a political economy/public choice perspective, trying to explore some ideas in signaling, especially the supply-side analysis of information transmission by the media/news. Although I know of some well-known papers written very close to my area of interest, the landscape of information economics, in general, has been hard for me to fully discover.

Is anyone familiar with a good book that can catch me up in this sub-field? Obviously, suggestions containing review papers, lecture series etc will also be excellent (if available). I am trying to learn about this topic from a theoretical perspective.

**Tags:** game-theory, theory, political-economy, information, signaling

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-05-07. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

For the basics I always liked Varian's "Microeconomic Analysis" (the graduate book).

For a good introduction into game theory (with a nice chapter on signalling) I would first read Gibbons' "A primer in game theory" (in the US i think it's called Game Theory for Applied Economists.


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### Answer by username_0 on 2022-04-07. Score: 1

For other people who are interested, I had a talk with a professor who is a theorist and he pointed me to the following books:

Introductory coverage of main ideas:
"A Course In Microeconomic Theory" by David Kreps.
"Microeconomic Theory" by Mas-Colell, Whinston, and Green.

More comprehensive work:
"The Theory of Incentives" by Laffont and Martimort.
"Contract Theory" by Bolton and Dewatripont.


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