Background knowledge for the MSE

FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER
UNIVERSITÄT
ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG
FACHBEREICH WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCHAFTEN
Dear students,
Here is a list of the suggested prerequisites for the compulsory courses of the Master of Science in
Economics. This literature list covers the previous knowledge we expect you to bring. You can also find a
list of the used literature during the 1st semester.
Background knowledge for the MSE
Microeconomics
Varian, Hal A. (2006): Intermediate Microeconomics. A Modern Approach (International Student Edition). 7.A.
W.W.Norton & Company, New York/London.
Advanced Game Theory
Myerson, Roger B. (1991), Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict, Harvard University Press.
Gibbons, Robert (1992): A Primer in Game Theory, Pearson Education, Ch. 1 and 2
Macroeconomics: Business Cycles
Williamson, Stephen D. (2014). Macroeconomics, 5th edition, Pearson
Macroeconomics: Economic Growth
Blanchard, Oliver, Illing, Gerhard (2003): Makroökonomie, 3.Auflage, Pearson, Kapitel 1-9
or
Felderer, Bernhard und Homburg, Stefan (2003): Makroökonomik und neue Makroökonomik, 8. Auflage, Springer
Verlag, Kapitel III-VIII
Mathematics for Economists
Sydsætter, Knut und Hammond, Peter (2008), Essential Mathematics for Economics Analysis, Prentice Hall
Bachelor chapters in Mosler, Karl, Rainer Dyckerhoff und Christoph Scheicher (2009), Mathematische Methoden für
Ökonomen, Springer-Verlag (in German)
Applied Econometrics
Verbeek, M. (2012): A Guide to Modern Econometrics, Wiley, 4th Ed.
Wooldridge, J.M. (2013) : Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, South-Western, 5th Ed.
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FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER
UNIVERSITÄT
ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG
FACHBEREICH WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCHAFTEN
Literature used in the 1st semester
Microeconomics
Jehle, Geoffrey A. und Reny, Philip J. (2001), Advanced Microeconomic Theory, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley.
Advanced Game Theory
Vega‐Redondo, F. (2003), Economics and the Theory of Games,Cambridge University Press.
Mas‐Colell, A., Whinston / Green (1995) Microeconomic Theory,Oxford University Press.
Fudenberg, D. and J. Tirole (2007), Game Theory, Cambridge, MIT PressGibbons, Robert (1992): A Primer in Game
Theory, Pearson Education, Harvest Wheatsheaf.
Macroeconomics: Business Cycles
Gali, Jordi (2015), Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle: an Introduction to the New Keynesian
Framework, Princeton Univ. Press, second edition.
Macroeconomics: Economic Growth
Romer, D. 2012. Advanced Macroeconomics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 4th edition
Barro, R.J. und Sala-I-Martin, Xavier (2003), Economic Growth, 2. Auflage, MIT Press.
Mathematics for Economists
Sydsætter, Knut und Hammond, Peter (2008), Further Mathematics for Economics Analysis, Prentice Hall;
Mosler, Karl; Dyckerhoff, Rainer und Scheicher, Christoph (2009), Mathematische Methoden für Ökonomen, Springer
Verlag (in German)
Applied Econometrics
Greene, W.H. (2012): Econometric Analysis, Perason, 7th ed
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