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MSc Economics
Suggested pre-programme reading
Offer-holders sometimes ask if they can do any preparation before joining the course. This typically means any suggested pre-reading that you could do to bring yourselves reasonably up to speed on a topic, especially if you are taking the programme as a ‘conversion’ course where you may not have studied much Economics before.
As preparation for your Masters, you might consider reading some foundation texts covering Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics at intermediate (second-year) level.
Here are some suggestions:
Microeconomics
Reading list for students without background in Economics:
- Jeffrey M. Perloff (2020), Microeconomics: Theory and Applications with Calculus. Pearson, 5th
- Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel D. Rubinfeld (2018), Microeconomics. Pearson, 9th global ed.
- Hal Varian (2014), Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach. W. W. Norton & Company, 9th
Reading list for students with background in Economics:
- Walter Nicholson and Christopher Snyder (2012), Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions. South-Western, Cengage Learning, 11th
- Martin Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein (2020), Models in Microeconomic Theory. Open Book Publishers (e-book is available for free on the website of Ariel Rubinstein after the registration: https://arielrubinstein.org/gt/arielDocs/).
Macroeconomics
Reading list for students without background in Economics:
- Olivier Blanchard, Alessia Amighini, and Francesco Giavazzi (2021), Macroeconomics: A European Perspective. Pearson, 4th
- Charles I. Jones (2018), Macroeconomics. W. W. Norton & Company, 4th
Reading list for students with background in Economics:
- Julio Garin, Robert Lester, and Eric Sims (2021), Intermediate Macroeconomics (e-book is available for free on the authors’ website, the latest version is here: https://juliogarin.com/files/textbook/GLS_Intermediate_Macro.pdf ).
- Stephen D. Williamson (2018), Macroeconomics. Pearson, 6th
Econometrics
Stock and Watson. (2019). Introduction to Econometrics. Global Edition. 4th Edition. Pearson
Mathematics
It is strongly advised to revise the essential Mathematics required for the programme’s modules by reading the following textbooks:
- M. Pemberton and N. Rau (2023), Mathematics for economists. Pearson, 5th ed.
- K. Sydsaeter, P. Hammond, A. Strom, A. Carvajal (2021), Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis. Pearson, 6th edition (any earlier edition would also suit)