This dissertation makes contributions in topics related to mechanism design and learn-ing in game theoretic environments through three essays. The rst essay deals withthe question of mechanism design in the principal-agent model. The main contribu-tion of this essay is in extending the work by...

A central result in price theory is the law of one price: prices of a homogeneousgood sold at different locations should be equal. Empirical studies of thelaw of one price find that it is often violated.In my dissertation I explore the allocation problem that suppliers face whensupplying...

"This paper provides an experimental analysis of bargaining under imperfect information, molded by the circumstances found in oil field unitization. The purpose of the study is two-fold. One purpose is to provide a more in-depth analysis of how information affects bargained shares and...