Syllabus for Econ 611, Fall 2015

Main text: (required)
  • An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis for Economic Theory and Econometrics (1st edition, 2009) by Dean Corbae, Maxwell Stinchcombe, and Juray Zeman
    • Optional supplemental texts:
  • Mathematics for Economists Carl P. Simon and Lawrence Blume, W.W. Norton and Company (new retail price: $178: cheaper used texts are available for about $40-$50 on various sites such as Amazon and a free PDF copy downloadable from the Science Library).
  • Mathematical Tools for Economics Darrell Turkington, Blackwell Publishers, $29.95.
  • Introduction to Linear Algebra 4th Edition by Gilbert Strang, MIT Press. (see also the online video course on linear algebra taught by Prof. Strang at MIT)
  • Economic Dynamics in Discrete Time" by Jianjun Miao (2014) ($70 on MIT Press site, $63 on Amazon, and free online version here
  • Economic Dynamics by John Stachurski (available for around $51 on Amazon) (2009).
    • Send questions/comments to: jr1393@georgetown.edu