For More Extensive Coverage of the Topics See

Mas-Collell, A., Whinston, M., and J. R. Green. "Microeconomic Theory." Oxford University Press, 1995.

For Game Theory Coverage, See

Gibbons, R. "Game Theory for Applied Economists." Princeton University Press, 1992.

Concerning Foundations of the Utility Theory

Arrow, K. "Rational Choice Functions and Orderings." Econometrica 26 (1959): 121-27.

Kahneman, D., and A. Tversky. "Choices, Values, and Frames." American Psychologist 39 (1984): 341-50.

Ellsberg, D. "Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 75, no. 4 (1961): 643-669.

Raiffa, H. "Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms: Comment." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 75, no. 4 (1961): 690-694.

Roberts, Harry V. "Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms: Comment." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 77, no. 2 (1963): 327-336.

Ellsberg, D. "Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms: Reply." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 77, no. 2 (1963): 336-342.

On the Topics of Asymmetric Information

Akerlof, G. A. "The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism." Quarterly Journal of Economics 84, no. 3 (1970): 488-500.

Rothschild, M., and J. E. Stiglitz. "Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets: An Essay in the Economics of Imperfect Information." Quarterly Journal of Economics 90 (1976): 629-49.

Spence, A. M. "Job Market Signaling." Quarterly Journal of Economics 87 (1973): 1973.

In Relation to Auctions and Market Design

Krishna, V. "Auction Theory." Associated Press, 2002.

Bulow, J., and J. Roberts. "The Simple Economics of Optimal Auctions." Journal of Political Economy 97 (1989): 1060-90.