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Graduate Economics Books

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

Microeconomics

• Microeconomic Theory - Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R. Green
• Microeconomic Analysis - Hal R. Varian
• Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory - Ariel Rubinstein
• Advanced Microeconomic Theory - Geoffrey A. Jehle, Philip J. Reny
• Microeconomic Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets - David M. Kreps
• Microeconomic Foundations II: Imperfect Competition, Information, and Strategic Interaction - David M. Kreps
• A Course in Microeconomic Theory - David M. Kreps

Macroeconomics

• Advanced Macroeconomics - David Romer
• Recursive Macroeconomic Theory - Lars Ljungqvist, Thomas J. Sargent
• Dynamic Economics: Quantitative Methods and Applications - Jerome Adda, Russell W. Cooper
• Introduction to Modern Economic Growth - Daron Acemoglu
• Economic Growth - Robert J. Barro, Xavier Sala-i-Martin

Econometrics

• Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data - Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
• Mostly Harmless Econometrics - Joshua D. Angrist, Jorn-Steffen Pischke
• Econometrics - Fumio Hayashi
• Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications - A. Colin Cameron, Pravin K. Trivedi
• A Guide to Econometrics - Peter Kennedy

International Economics

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

Game Theory, Auction Theory, Industrial Organization

• Game Theory - Drew Fudenberg, Jean Tirole
• Game Theory for Applied Economists - Robert Gibbons
• Social and Economic Networks - Matthew O. Jackson
• The Theory of Learning in Games - Drew Fudenberg, David K. Levine
• Contract Theory - Patrick Bolton, Mathias Dewatripont

Mathematical and Numerical Methods

• Mathematics for Economists - Carl P. Simon, Lawrence E. Blume
• A First Course in Optimization Theory - Rangarajan K. Sundaram
• An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis for Economic Theory and Econometrics - Dean Corbae, Maxwell B. Stinchcombe, Juraj Zeman