Dear Colleagues,

Game theory has become the standard tool in analyzing strategic interactions by economists. A particularly prominent application is the study of contracting, which can often be modeled as dynamic games with transfers and asymmetric information, in which principals move first by offering contracts and agents best-respond accordingly. Moreover, the communication of verifiable and unverifiable information can play a key role in contracting and other game-theoretical applications. Recent advances in behavioral economics have also enriched our understanding in how boundedly rational individuals approach such strategic interactions and contractual arrangements. In particular, it has been demonstrated that contracts can be designed to exploit the psychological biases of agents. This Special Issue is intended to reflect these developments. To this end, we welcome submissions, using either theoretical, empirical, or experimental methods of investigation, on the following areas:

• Moral hazard, adverse selection, mechanism design, and incomplete contracts
• Communication, information disclosure, and information design
• Behavioral effects including mistakes and the interplay of financial and non-financial incentives
• Analysis of related applications (e.g., insurance, investment, consumption, and policy)

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• moral hazard
• adverse selection
• mechanism design
• contracts
• communication
• information
• disclosure
• behavioral
• incentives
• applications.