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120 Mathematical economics

This reading list was last updated in June 2010.
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Essential reading
Dixit, Avinash K. Optimization in Economics Theory. (Oxford University Press, 1990) [ISBN
9780198772101].
Sydsæter, Knut, Peter Hammond, Atle Seierstad and Arne Strom Further Mathematics for
Economic Analysis. (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008) second edition [ISBN 9780273713289].

Further reading
Barro, Robert and Xavier Sala-i-Martin Economic Growth. (McGraw-Hill, 1995) [ISBN
9780262025539].
Kamien, Morton and Nancy L. Schwartz Dynamic optimization: the calculus of variations and
optimal control in economics and management. (Elsevier science, 1991) [ISBN
9780444016096].
Ljungqvist and Sargent Recursive Macroeconomic theory. (MIT Press, 2001) [ISBN
9780262122740].
Rangarajan, Sundaram A first course in Optimization theory. (Cambridge, 1996) [ISBN
9780521497701].
Sargent, T.J. Dynamic Macroeconomic theory. (Harvard University Press, 1987) [ISBN
9780674218772].
Simon, C.P. and L.E. Blume Mathematics for Economists. (W.W. Norton, 1994) [ISBN
9780393957334].
Takayama, Akira Analytical methods in economics. (University of Michigan Press, 1993)
[ISBN 978-0472081356].
Varian, H.R. Intermediate Microeconomics. (W.W. Norton & Co., 2005) [ISBN
9780393927023].
Varian, H.R. Microeconomic Analysis. (W.W. Norton & Co., 1992) third edition [ISBN
9780393957358] Chapter 7.
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