
Additional Materials and Readings for Courses
This page just collects together the optional or recommended additional readings from several of my courses.
Intermediate Macro Additional Materials
Additional Reading
The Economics of TIME
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EconTalk interview with Daniel Hamermesh
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Practice Problems: Econ of Time and Interview
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Gary Becker's 1965 Classic (Optional and Advanced/Technical)
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"A Theory of the Allocation of Time," by Gary Becker, The Economic Journal. September 1965.
Modern FED Policy Framework
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NY FED, "How the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Implementation Framework Has Evolved", NY FED's Liberty Street Blog, Jan 10, 2022
Birth of Money
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Jevons, William. Money and the Mechanism of Exchange. D. Appleton and Company, 1875.
Early Trade Structures
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Avner Greif, Reputation and Coalitions in Medieval Trade: Evidence on the Maghribi Traders, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Dec., 1989), pp. 857-882
Friedrich Hayek's 1945 Classic (Optional)
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"The Use of Knowledge in Society" by F.A. Hayek, The American Economic Review, Vol. 35, Issue 4, Sep, 1945: 519 - 530.
Additional Material for the More Analysis-Oriented Student
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Simulate Solow Models in R (optional for those interested in data science and grad school):
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Simulation-only link (recommended for first time)
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Data, Estimation and Simulation link (requires a little econometric knowledge and more R familiarity)
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Simulate Solow Models in Python (optional for those interested in data science and grad school):
Game Theory Additional Materials
BOOKS for the Course
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Joel Watson, " Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory (Third Edition)" I found this to be the best undergrad text to use and used it for years. I highly recommend it.
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Chris Ball (draft) "Modelling With Games: An Introduction to Modelling Human Behavior Using Game Theory"
READINGS
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Dixit Nalebuff, 1991, (p. 14 - 17) "Here I Stand" (commitment devices)
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Dixit Nalebuff, 1992, Chap 6 (p. 142 - 167) "Credible Commitments"
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Bueno de Mesquita, Chap 2 "Collective Goals:" Scanned Chap 2 from Ethan Bueno de Mesquita's Political Economy for Public Policy (amazon link to book)
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
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Mixed Strategies - YouTube Video that's presented similar to the way we do in class. Note: I let p = prob(P2 chooses s1) and q = prob(P1 chooses s1). They switch them in this video. Otherwise, very similar to how I present it.
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Another version of Harsanyi's Centipede game - YouTube Video, useful for understanding strategies and backward induction, extensive form games.
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Bridge Burning and Commitment - YouTube Video, useful for extensive forms, SPE, and also understanding the key nature of strategies and commitment
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Joel Watson's lectures for undergrads. The great thing is that all his notation will be the same as what we use since we follow his textbook closely.