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
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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.
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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
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Birth of Money​
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Jevons, William. Money and the Mechanism of Exchange. D. Appleton and Company, 1875.
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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​
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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.​
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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):
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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"
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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)​
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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.​
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