Binding: Spiral-bound EAN: 9780324225051 Format: Import ISBN: 0324225059 Label: South-Western, Div of Thomson Learning Manufacturer: South-Western, Div of Thomson Learning Number Of Pages: 768 Publication Date: 2004-04-26 Publisher: South-Western, Div of Thomson Learning Studio: South-Western, Div of Thomson Learning
Customer Rating: Summary: One of my favorite books Comment: I am so happy that i bought this book.
I am a graduate student but I have a week background on micro.
I am also an international student so I was in need of an easier book.
This book works very good for me.
Its language is a little more hard than the varian intermediate book but this one has a lot more math in it.
So it is a very nice book between graduate and undergraduate levels. (close to undergraduate)
And for the price (less than 10 dollars) everyone should have one. Customer Rating: Summary: New Sep 2007 Edition Major Revisions... VERY NICE Comment: This was a good book before. Now it is far better. New co-author Chris Snyder has apparently given a new once-over of this entire text, injecting new life to the portrayal of certain chapters. Book is beautiful in appearance, and printed on very nice paper. I agree with other reviewers as to the clarity, prioritization and calm mastery over the material that makes this book a pleasure to use, as a student.
From the Preface, "New to the 10th Edition" (2007):
"Three entirely new chapters written by Chris Snyder:
* an extended and more advanced treatment of basic game theory concepts (Chapter 8);
* a thoroughly reworked and expanded chapter on models used in industrial organization theory (Chapter 15); and
* a completely new chapter on asymmetric information that focuses on the principal-agent problem and modern contract theory (Chapter 18). ...
Several other "major revisions" :
* A significant amount of material was added to the chapter on mathematical background (Chapter 2): integration, basic models of mathematical optimization, brief introduction to mathematical statistics;
* Chapter 7, on uncertainty and risk aversion, thoroughly revised;
* Much of the theory of the firm, especially of the firm's demands for inputs, has been expanded (Chapters 9-11);
* The chapter on general equilibrium modeling (Chapter 13) has been thoroughly reworked with the goal of providing students with more details about how computable general equilibrium models actually work.
* The chapter on capital and time (Chapter 17) has been significantly expanded to include more on optimal saving b ehaior and on resource allocation over time."
Customer Rating: Summary: Very good intermediate book Comment: It is very good textbook to learn microeconomics with intuitions and methodology. But, some people are comparing this book with Mas Colell. Nonsense! Mas Colell is a PhD level, pretty technical, "heavy duty" book. This book is an intermediate level book for senior undergrads or master students. On the other hand, Binger&Hofmann's Microeconomics with Calculus book is better then this, in my opinion. It has less story more information. This book spends lots of lines to explain some small points which is boring for someone who should know these stories before starting graduate studies. But it is more comprehensive than baby Varian. Some departments are using Pyndick's book, but I didn't use it. I believe that Binger&Hofmann is the best in this category if you wanna learn Microeconomics using mathematical tools. Customer Rating: Summary: Very Good Overview of Micro Theory Comment: After using this book for a math-intensive micro theory course, I would heartily recommend Nicholson's text, which is written clearly with relevant examples and straightforward, useful problems at the end of each chapter. The book is very math-intense and requires a good knowlege of multivariable calculus, but since the reader is probably buying this book for a class, he or she most likely already has the mathematics background necessary. Thumbs up. Customer Rating: Summary: Pretty good book. Comment: the shipping was alright.. the book is new and pretty good. happy with it overall..=)
