- Hardcover: 752 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; 6th Revised edition edition (26 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0393978303
- ISBN-13: 978-0393978308
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 206,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
 Trade In this Item for up to £0.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Product details |
Product Description
Product Description
Offering material on game theory and strategic behaviour, this microeconomics textbook has added chapters on game applications, systems competition, information technology and auctions. It is a companion to the revised "Workouts in Intermediate Microeconomics".
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent book for 1st year undergraduates of Economics. However, 2nd and 3rd year degree students should really be reading Varians "Microeconomic Analysis" or Gravelles and Rees' "Microeconomics"(although the mathematic notation is a little archaic). My University recommended this book only for first years - it was considered too simplistic for Finals.
Format:Hardcover
I agree with other comments that this is a good book and its organized into short bite sized chapters makes it very readable and digestible. It is certainly a year 1 book for those that have some knowledge of economics - A level and is good in that it starts to set out the theory rigorously and uses maths to describe it. However the maths is limited to non calculus (except in the appendices) and for those who can use simple calculus thus use of the 'delta' for small change in becomes irritating - that said, it is a good non maths entry level book and I recommend it. It will still be useful for Year 2 economic (maybe more so for non-specialists)or those that do not like the 'maths' (probably micro economics is not for you!)
Moving on to year 2 I still like Gravelle & Reese - the other Varian micro book is probably at the more difficult end of the spectrum and better for Year 3 and above, but other disagree. It is in the end horses for course
recommended buy though and lots around second hand!
Moving on to year 2 I still like Gravelle & Reese - the other Varian micro book is probably at the more difficult end of the spectrum and better for Year 3 and above, but other disagree. It is in the end horses for course
recommended buy though and lots around second hand!
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
13 reviews
41 of 48 people found the following review helpful
It's the economics, stupid
16 Feb 2004
Format:Hardcover
Sorry about the epithet, but in the election season, I couldn't resist! The book's detractors (relatively speaking) obviously aren't "stupid", but they do miss the point---which Varian tries to explain in the preface. So let's try a different tack. Today writing a computer program to do the math used in graduate economics is an undergraduate CS project. Let's let computers do the heavy lifting, and save people for the creative work.
That's what Varian is about. What the world needs is not more people who can manipulate derivatives of implicit functions, but more people who can connect data and stylized facts to appropriate (already known) theories. That's what this book tries to teach, and it is best of breed. Although it's not clear to me that "thinking like an economist" can be taught with great effectiveness (it's a "knack", not an algorithm), Varian over and over again demonstrates that he can clearly express the "inner working" of that mode of thought. As in Information Rules, he demonstrates that he can bring these ideas to those who are not going to be professional economists, but need to understand the analysis.
Of course, some in the audience for this book will make careers in which they seek, and find, data and facts that defy existing theory. For them, of course there are better ways to prepare for the technical prerequisites for graduate school. But years later, none of those books will be nearly as much help in avoiding a dissertation proposal that crumbles into dust, too dry to support itself.
Belongs with Samuelson's classic introductory text on your bookshelf.
That's what Varian is about. What the world needs is not more people who can manipulate derivatives of implicit functions, but more people who can connect data and stylized facts to appropriate (already known) theories. That's what this book tries to teach, and it is best of breed. Although it's not clear to me that "thinking like an economist" can be taught with great effectiveness (it's a "knack", not an algorithm), Varian over and over again demonstrates that he can clearly express the "inner working" of that mode of thought. As in Information Rules, he demonstrates that he can bring these ideas to those who are not going to be professional economists, but need to understand the analysis.
Of course, some in the audience for this book will make careers in which they seek, and find, data and facts that defy existing theory. For them, of course there are better ways to prepare for the technical prerequisites for graduate school. But years later, none of those books will be nearly as much help in avoiding a dissertation proposal that crumbles into dust, too dry to support itself.
Belongs with Samuelson's classic introductory text on your bookshelf.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Excellent microeconomics book, but falls short on math.
1 Jun 2004
Format:Hardcover
This book is an excellent bridge from principles of microeconomics. However, while I am very good at applied economics, it falls short on explaining the mathematical concepts it introduces in the appendices. The most calculus I've had experience with is Brief calculus, but if you are to understand the equations in the appendices you'll need a little more calculus (unless you're born a math genius). The theories introduced in the book are clear and precise and make for easy reading and studying. If you want more concise understanding of the concepts, then I highly recommend purchasing the companion workbook.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Very conceptual!
11 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
I am a Public Policy student at the University of Chicago and used this book for an introductory Microeconomics course. Varian explains the concepts of Microeconomics well. Many of the previous reviews state that the book does not have many mathematical examples or questions. This is because there is a supplementary workbook that addresses only the math. (My professor assigned weekly problem sets based on the workbook problems.) By the end of the course, I felt that I understood the concepts and had a good foundation for future coursework. I believe this is very important for anyone who plans to take more Economics courses.
This book is considered the standard in the field of Economics. I recommend this book if you want to understand the concepts instead of just number crunching.
This book is considered the standard in the field of Economics. I recommend this book if you want to understand the concepts instead of just number crunching.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
