Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis

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Academic integrity is a core part of the ANU culture as a community of scholars. At its heart, academic integrity is about behaving ethically, committing to honest and responsible scholarly practice and upholding these values with respect and fairness. Assessment: Tutorial Assignment 5 Due. Reading: Sydsaeter et al; (2016): Chapters 8, 13, and 14; Asano (2013): Chapters 4.7, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, and 6.10, and Appendix A.3; Bradley (2013): Chapters 6.3, 6.4, 7.3, and 7.4; Haeussler and Paul (1987): Chapters 12, 13, 17.7, 17.8, 17.9, and 17.10; Shannon 1995: Chapter 8.6, 8.7, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7. Angrist, J. and Pischke, J.S. (2014), Mastering Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect. Princeton University Press. Module lecturers will provide lectures notes and also further references during the lectures. Please make sure that you are prepared for the module by pre-reading or preparing from a text such as:

For some forms of assessment (hand written assignments, art works, laboratory notes, etc.) hard copy submission is appropriate when approved by the Associate Dean (Education). Hard copy submissions must utilise the Assignment Cover Sheet. Please keep a copy of tasks completed for your records. Late SubmissionAssessment: No assessment items in week 8. Reading: Sydsaeter et al; (2016): Chapters 15 and 16; Asano (2013): Appendix A; Bradley (2013): Chapters 3 and 9; Haeussler and Paul (1987): Chapter 8; Shannon 1995: Chapter 2, 3, 4, and 5. Review exercises at the end of each chapter test student understanding of a topic, allowing them to progress with confidence. Wooldridge, J.M. Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (3rd or 4th edition) or something equivalent.

Peter C Ordeshook. (2008): Game Theory and Political Theory: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press.Sydsaeter Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis – 5e TOC Ch01: Essentials of Logic and Set Theory

Assessment: No assessment items in week 12. Reading: Sydsaeter et al; (2016): Chapter 9; Asano (2013): Chapter 7; Bradley (2013): Chapter 8; Haeussler and Paul (1987): Chapters 14 and 15; Shannon 1995: Chapter 9. If more questions are submitted for a particular workshop than can be covered in the workshop time slot, then I will cover a selection of the questions that have been submitted. No late submissions will be accepted. Any assignments that are not submitted by the due date and time will receive a mark of zero.

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An extensive treatment of basic mathematical tools, fundamentals of probability and fundamentals of mathematical statistics can be found in Appendices A, B and C of: You will not be assessed on either attendance or participation in this course. Nonetheless, both attendance and active participation might well enhance your enjoyment of the course and your understanding of the material covered in the course. Examination(s)

Verbeek, M. (2012), A Guide to Modern Econometrics (4th edition). Wiley. (Note: Any edition is OK). Note that this assessment component is redeemable against the mid-semester exam. This means that it will only count if you receive a higher percentage mark for this assessment component than you do for the final exam. This will be calculated automatically. No action is required on your part.We are very much looking forward to seeing you in September. If you are unable to arrive for in-person teaching starting on 18 September, and need to arrive on campus later (no later than Monday 9 October 2023), you must let us know by completing the MSc Late Arrival Form*. Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 6 th edition by Sydsaeter, Hammond, Strom, and Carvajal is a global best-selling text providing an extensive introduction to all the mathematical resources you need to study economics at an intermediate level. Chiang, AC, and K Wainwright (2005), Fundamental methods of mathematical economics (fourth edition), McGraw-Hill, Singapore. Cunningham, Scott (2021), Causal Inference: The Mixtape, Yale University Press. (free online version available at https://mixtape.scunning.com/index.html.