ECON 681

PhD Macroeconomic Theory I

3 units

Fall 2025

Readings

J-P. Benassy, Macroeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press
required
D. Romer, Advanced Macroeconomics, McGraw-Hill-Irwin
required
D. Acemoglu, Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, Princeton University Press
required
L. Ljungqvist and T. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, MIT Press
required
de la Fuente, Mathematical Methods and Models for Economists, Cambridge University Press
required
P. Simon and L. Blume, Mathematics for Economists, W. W. Norton & Company
required
C. Chiang, Elements of Dynamic Optimization, Waveland Press
required
K. Dixit, Optimization in Economic Theory, Oxford University Press
required
K. Wainwright and A. C. Chiang, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics, McGraw-Hill/Irwin
required

Fall 2024

Not required but useful macroeconomics books (any edition is fine) are:
required
J-P. Benassy, Macroeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press
required
D. Romer, Advanced Macroeconomics, McGraw-Hill-Irwin
required
D. Acemoglu, Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, Princeton University Press
required
L. Ljungqvist and T. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, The MIT Press
required
Not required but useful mathematics books (any edition is fine) are:
required
de la Fuente, Mathematical Methods and Models for Economists, Cambridge University Press
required
P. Simon and L. Blume, Mathematics for Economists, W. W. Norton & Company
required
C. Chiang, Elements of Dynamic Optimization, Waveland Press
required
K. Dixit, Optimization in Economic Theory, Oxford University Press
required
K. Wainwright and A. C. Chiang, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics, McGraw-Hill/Irwin
required

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