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Oct. 15, 2008:
Below you will find the first part of the reading list for Professor Hellwig's lectures.
If he has to cancel a lecture once in a while due to other official committments he will announce this to you in class. Please be assured that on average the requirement of 3 weeky hours ("Semesterwochenstunden") will be met.

Oct. 16, 2008:
In addition to yesterday's information please take note that the lecture on November 25, 2008 will be cancelled.

Nov. 13, 2008:
Please note the following changes:

• The lecture on Dec. 10, 2008 will be held!
• There will be no lectures on those days:
  January 7, 2009
  January 21, 2009

Jan. 6, 2009:
Please note that there will be no lecture on Jan. 28, 2009

Midterm Exam:
Write a Referee Report on

V. V. Chari and R. Jagannathan, Banking Panics, Information and Rational Expectations Equilibrium, Journal of Finance 1987.

You can choose whether you want to do this as a tryout or whether you want this to count for 1/3 of the course grade. Please indicate your choice on the report.

Due: First Tuesday class in January.

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• Requirements Referee Report (19.23 KB)
• Report Assignment No. 1 (321.86 KB)
• Report Assignment No. 2 (350.98 KB)
• Reading List (103.61 KB)
• Notes on the Theory of Incomplete Contracts (931.66 KB)