Textbooks: (all of them are optional and none are required for this course)
Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright (2005) Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics McGraw-Hill Irwin, 4th edition.
Carl P. Simon and Lawrence Blume (1994) Mathematics
for Economists W.W. Norton and Company (new retail price: $120: cheaper used texts are available for about
$40-$50 on various sites such as Amazon). Free online copy
here. (This book is helpful for those
rusty on their math)
Gilbert Strang (2006) Linear Algebra and its Applications 4th Edition,
Cengage Learning. See also his online lectures
Daniel Kaplan (2020) Computer Age Calculus with R (online text)
M. Miranda and P.L. Fackler (2002) Applied
Computational Economics MIT Press. (a good book for students interested in using computers
and Matlab to solve economic models)
Jerome Adda and Russell Cooper (2003)
Dynamic Economics: Quantitative Methods and Applications (a good intro to the theory
and applications of dynamic programming in economics)
Prajit K. Dutta (199) Strategies
and Games Theory and Practice MIT Press. (a good intro to game theory with lots of examples and case studies)
Philip Reny and Geoffrey Jehle (2011) Advanced Microeconomic Theory (3rd Edition)
Prentice Hall (a more advanced graduate level book on microeconomics)
Note: textbooks are optional! All reading material will be provided for free as pdf files (lecture slides) via the Econ 425 website.