Graduate Economics Books

This page provides a listing, broken down by field, of the most popular graduate-level economics books.

Shortcuts to categories:  Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, International Economics, Game/Auction Theory and IO, Mathematical/Numerical Methods

 

Microeconomics

• Microeconomic Theory (Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R. Green)
• Microeconomic Analysis (Hal R. Varian)
• Advanced Microeconomic Theory (Geoffrey A. Jehle, Philip J. Reny)
• A Course in Microeconomic Theory (David M. Kreps)
• Microeconomic Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets (David M. Kreps)

 

Macroeconomics

• Recursive Macroeconomic Theory (Lars Ljungqvist, Thomas J. Sargent)
• Dynamic Economics: Quantitative Methods and Applications (Jerome Adda, Russell W. Cooper), Kindle edition
• Advanced Macroeconomics (David Romer), Kindle edition
• Introduction to Modern Economic Growth (Daron Acemoglu), Kindle edition
• Economic Growth (Robert J. Barro, Xavier Sala-i-Martin), Kindle edition
• Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics (Nancy L. Stokey, Robert E. Lucas Jr.) (solutions manual)
• Lectures on Macroeconomics (Olivier Jean Blanchard, Stanley Fischer)

 

Econometrics

• Mostly Harmless Econometrics (Joshua D. Angrist, Jorn-Steffen Pischke), Kindle edition
• A Guide to Econometrics (Peter Kennedy)
• Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data (Jeffrey M. Wooldridge) (solutions manual), Kindle edition
• Econometrics (Fumio Hayashi), Kindle edition
• Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications (A. Colin Cameron, Pravin K. Trivedi)
• Time Series Analysis (James D. Hamilton)
• Econometric Analysis (William H. Greene), Kindle edition
• Statistical Inference (George Casella, Roger L. Berger)

 

International Economics

• Foundations of International Macroeconomics (Maurice Obstfeld, Kenneth S. Rogoff)
• Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence (Robert C. Feenstra), Kindle edition

 

Game Theory, Auction Theory, Industrial Organization

• Social and Economic Networks (Matthew O. Jackson), Kindle edition
• Game Theory for Applied Economists (Robert Gibbons), Kindle edition
• Contract Theory (Patrick Bolton, Mathias Dewatripont) (solutions manual), Kindle edition
• Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict (Roger B. Myerson)
• Game Theory (Drew Fudenberg, Jean Tirole)
• Auction Theory (Vijay Krishna), Kindle edition
• A Course in Game Theory (Martin J. Osborne, Ariel Rubinstein)
• The Theory of Industrial Organization (Jean Tirole), Kindle edition

 

Mathematical and Numerical Methods

• Mathematics for Economists (Carl P. Simon, Lawrence E. Blume)
• A First Course in Optimization Theory (Rangarajan K. Sundaram)
• Numerical Methods in Economics (Kenneth L. Judd)
• An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis for Economic Theory and Econometrics (Dean Corbae, Maxwell B. Stinchcombe, Juraj Zeman), Kindle edition
• Infinite Dimensional Analysis: A Hitchhiker's Guide (Charalambos D. Aliprantis, Kim C. Border)
• Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (Kevin Wainwright, Alpha Chiang)