Economics 425: Mathematical Economics

• Textbooks: (all of them are optional and none are required for this course

  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). (a remedial text for those rusty on their math)

  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.

• Overview: Economics 425 is an intermediate level course on microeconomic theory. It provides a more rigorous and advanced
  exposition of concepts introduced in Economics 200, Principles of Microeconomics.

• Prerequisites: Economics 305 or 306 and 405 or 406 and Math 220 or 140. Calculus and other mathematical tools will be used in this course!

• Grades: Course will be graded on an A-F scale based on: problem sets (40% of grade), 1 midterm (20% of grade), a choice between a final exam or class project (40% of grade)

• The midterm will be held in class on
  Tuesday March 13th, 2018 (right after spring break).

• The take home final (or class project for those who choose to do it en lieu of the take home) will be due at the end of the grading period, on
  Saturday May 12, 2018 by 5:00PM.

• Tentative Lecture Schedule

• Course Readings and Syllabus

• Current Assignments