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Intermediate microeconomics is both fun and intellectually challenging in this new edition, written by the author of The Armchair Economist, the popular trade book that explains basic economics to the general public. The text provides an exceptionally friendly and application-rich presentation, combined with a rigorous and careful development of microeconomic theory. All of the standard topics of intermediate price theory are included, as well as innovative topics such as alternative normative criteria, efficient asset markets, contestable markets, antitrust law, human capital, and the demand for public goods. A unique unifying theme of social welfare is used with little higher-level mathematics.
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CONSERVATIVE BIAS, otherwise great.......2005-10-11
When you write a textbook in economics you have the opportunity, the responsibility even, to apply the theory to public policy and everyday life. Landsburg does this in an informative and entertaining way but overall he treats liberals more roughly than conservatives. There have been times when liberals seemed more ignorant of economics than conservatives but that does not explain why conservatives get off so easily in this book. Landsburg simply prefers examples that fit his political agenda. Sadly, readers will have no idea that the examples were choosen based on their political value as well as their pedagogic value.
Still, this book is entertaining, clearly written and teaches important material. If not for the political bias I would give it five stars.
Excellent book for beginners.......2003-07-06
This is one of the best books I have ever read. Anyone who is just beginning with microeconomics, should start with this book. It is very simple and goes right to the point.
Very readable and challenging textbook.......2003-05-13
This is an excellent textbook for any intermediate level price theory or microeconomics course. The author is right when he says beginning students should find it easy to grasp and advanced students will find the material challenging and thought provoking. The portion devoted to a review of elementary topics is small, and I would not recommend this book as an introduction to economics. Any undergraduate who encounters this book should breathe a sigh of relief - it is definitely one of the better texts in the subject. Instructors looking for a good textbook would do well to choose this one.
The "study guide" that is sometimes packaged with the textbook is not entirely useful; the number of problems actually in the textbook should be more than sufficient. Overall, this is a great survey of price theory with Landsburg's signature examples and interesting applications.
I agree! Excellent textbook!.......2000-12-14
I recommend this book for some undergraduate student to take an intermediate microeconomics! Lucid explanation and some pictures are the finest.His another work, Armchair economist,is also nice. Randsburg did many good jobs!
Excellent text.......2000-05-11
I have only read two textbooks in my life that I would recommend to the public in general. This is one. If you have never studied economics, start here. Extremely readable. Note in particular the discussion on whether college should be outlawed (Chapter 9, "Knowledge and Information"), the tragic story of Treasury Bill #GS7-2-179-46-6606-1 (Chapter 17, "Allocating Goods over Time") and the Pigs-in-the-Box problem (Chapter 12, "Game Theory"). Don't succumb to the Nash equilibrium! Read Price Theory.
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Written by leading academics and practitioners in the field of financial mathematics, the purpose of this book is to provide a unique combination of some of the most important and relevant theoretical and practical tools from which any advanced undergraduate and graduate student, professional quant and researcher will benefit. This book stands out from all other existing books in quantitative finance from the sheer impressive range of ready-to-use software and accessible theoretical tools that are provided as a complete package. By proceeding from simple to complex, the authors cover core topics in derivative pricing and risk management in a style that is engaging, accessible and self-instructional. The book contains a wide spectrum of problems, worked-out solutions, detailed methodologies and applied mathematical techniques for which anyone planning to make a serious career in quantitative finance must master. In fact, core portions of the books material originated and evolved after years of classroom lectures and computer laboratory courses taught in a world-renowned professional Masters program in mathematical finance. As a bonus to the reader, the book also gives a detailed exposition on new cutting-edge theoretical techniques with many results in pricing theory that are published here for the first time.
*Includes easy-to-implement VB/VBA numerical software libraries
*Proceeds from simple to complex in approaching pricing and risk management problems
*Provides analytical methods to derive cutting-edge pricing formulas for equity derivatives
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A Must Buy For Any Quant.......2006-05-03
It is definitely advanced but is not intimidating. Any great book provides the reader with a base of knowledge and then builds from there. Being somewhat familiar with Dr. Campolieti's work, I can definitely say that he is a pioneer in this field and will continue to do great things for analytical finance. It is written using very consistent notation and in a properly paced fashion. This is especially important for those that are new to quantitative finance. The theoretical component of the book provides the reader with a solid base for experimenting with the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) projects. What I really liked about the hands-on programming component of this book is that it shows the reader that algorithms and results can be rapidly implemented using Excel as the interface and VBA for coding. This dramatically reduces learning time since most financial practioners are already very familiar and comfortable with Excel. Readers that find programming a challenge will benefit from the numerous and well documented projects. Having worked in actuarial, risk management and trading contexts, I can honestly say that being able to deploy analytical applications on the fly is an enormous advantage. Let's not forget that the authors have bundled with this book their code libraries that can be used (perpetually) by the reader independent of the content / projects in this book. This alone is worth more than the book's sticker price.
In terms of more advanced readers, the material presented in this book is not trivial. It elegantly presents difficult topics on many levels. A good understanding of linear algebra, probability, statistics and differential equations will make the material enjoyable. For those not terribly familiar with the "finance" part of mathematical finance, I highly recommend any of John Hull's derivative books as a quick first read and primer on the many financial concepts presented here.
Excellent project implementations and advanced concepts.......2006-04-23
This is a unique book which uses projects to illustrate some of the very complex ideas involved with the pricing of derivatives and the measurement of risk along with some advanced theory. The book builds up from fundamental theory which is so often taken for granted and is written in a clear style. However a sound understanding of mathematical concepts is required.This makes the book desirable as a text book. It also has more advanced concepts which over time can be adopted by practitioners to overcome the basic skewness limitations of the commonly used Black Scholes framework. Of particular interest are the projects that form the latter part of the book. The book is one of the few for example that takes the complexity of short term interest rate models and demonstrates their actual implementation. The attached implementation of these projects on CD ROM along with the reusable mathematical library presents excellent value and makes the book truly unique.
Potential, but lacking..........2006-02-18
They came close with this book, but unfortunately, the first part of the book is just a bit too theoretical for the real world.
If the authors included some real world examples to bring the theory into practice, the book would be a real winner.
The second part of the book again does not present any examples for the projects.
Not looking for cookbook-recipe book, but examples would have made the second part of this book more of a winner.
I am still debating on opening the CD and keeping the book...I will have to digest the theory and make the decision from that point.
Not advanced and not pedagogical........2006-01-05
The word advanced in the book's title is probably adopted to suit the lack of pedagogy in the language and structure. There is nothing advanced about the topics, just standard pricing and risk theory which can be learned as a sequel to Hull by any average mathematics or theoretical physics undergraduates comfortable with contour integrals and green's functions. The math needed goes no further than that: you won't need to know neither measure theory nor any geometry, just your good old real and complex calculus. Yet the approach used still makes it seem that you are tackling something really articulate. Quite disappointing.
Besides this, I believe one good thing about this book is the large amount of projects in its second part. Still, I believe it would have been more sensical to adopt the lingua franca of quants, i.e. C++ (although VBA is also useful to know).
If you want to get to advanced topics in pricing I would follow this chain of books:
-Shreve's Volume II of Stochastic Calculus for Finance,
-Schouten's little book on Levy processes in Finance,
-Cont's book on Financial models with jumps,
-Schouten, Wilmott et al.'s Exotic Options Pricing and Advanced Levy Models.
For the C++ part I think Duffy's is the best.
After these be ready to tackle cutting edge research papers and practice.
Of course these are only opinions, you may find it different.
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Featuring extensive coverage of information, uncertainty, and game theory, this volume is a new edition of a classic textbook in intermediate microeconomics. It contains over a hundred examples illustrating the applicability of economic analysis not only to mainline economic topics but also issues in politics, history, biology, the family, and many other areas. The text generally describes recent research published in scholarly books and articles, providing students with a good idea of the scientific work done by professional economists in a variety of areas. Jack Hirshleifer is Distinguished Professor of Economics, Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles Amihai Glazer is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine David Hirshleifer holds the Ralph M. Kurtz Chair of Finance at The Ohio State University.
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Full reference text.......2005-12-07
If you are learning economic for the first time this is a great place to start. As I look back on the different books I used to organize these concepts I wish I had used this book. The layout is easy to comprehend using the best of consumer choice and firm topics. The graphs and explanations are great even for someone that has already learned the material. Use this book in combination with a mathematical text like Simon and Blume and you will go far in undertanding Economics. I suggest this book for any advanced student as a place to make sure you really understand the basics of economics. Was a useful reference for graduate level study.
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Price Theory and Applications (6th Edition)
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Excellent!.......2002-02-13
An excellent introduction to price theory. Clear explaination and simple mathematics. But it will be even better if it contains a list of suggested further readings.
Excellent!.......2002-02-13
An excellent introduction to price theory. Clear explaination and simple mathematics. But it will be even better if it contains a list of suggested further readings.
The Only Econ-Text You Will Ever Use.......2000-06-09
After reading other various economic texts, introductory, intermediate, and graduate texts, I have found this one to be the absolute best. It completely strips away the sometimes unilluminating world of calculus and presents economics as it should be presented, as an applied science. This is truly a good read with many examples that reinforce the core material.
An Excellent Text of Tnter-Micro.......2000-03-24
Although the topics covered may not be as board as Varian's Intermediate Micro, it provides a deeper understanding on the meaning of economic theorizing. There are many applications in this book. The most beautiful part of this book is the excerises, which made readers handle better the theories they have learnt.
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Student Study Guide for use with Price Theory & Applications
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Intermediate Microeconomics Theory or Applied Microeconomics in Economics and B-Schools and possibly Managerial Economics courses. Core material is covered with in-depth empirical applications and select optional topics.
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Great Book.......2002-01-04
There is no doubt that its a great book. The difficult concpets are explained in a easy way. However, you can definitely use some extra exercises.
A very good book !.......2000-03-25
The author has done a marvellous job in presenting the fundamentals of economics. The author explains the material in a clear and concise manner and uses real-world examples to further enhance the understanding of the reader. Problem sets presented at the end of each chapter are exhaustive and rigorous.
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The Bible for economists.......2001-04-09
I think this is a very necesary book for everyone really interested in economics. This book develops microeconomics in a very simple and complete way.... I recommend it....
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Micro-Economic Theory and an Application gives a comprehensive account of the micro-economic foundations of industrial price, quantity, and productivity indices. The various results available from the literature have been brought together into a consistent framework, based upon modern duality theory. This integration also made it possible to generalize several of these results. Thus, this book will be an important resource for theoretically as well as empirically-oriented researchers who seek to analyse economic problems with the help of index numbers.
Although this book's emphasis is on micro-economic theory, it is also intended as a practical guide. A full chapter is therefore devoted to an empirical application. Three different approaches are pursued: a straightforward empirical approach, a non-parametric estimation approach, and a parametric estimation approach. As well as illustrating some of the more important concepts explored in this book, and showing to what extent different computational approaches lead to different outcomes for the same measures, this chapter also makes a powerful case for the use of enterprise micro-data in economic research.
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Intermediate Microeconomics: Price Theory & Applications
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Very Helpful for Microeconomic Theory course........2006-12-13
This book is a very basic and broken down way to understand the foundation of Microeconomic Theory. It has study questions and exams as well that are very helpful.
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