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    This document provides guidance on preparing for the MA Economics entrance exam by reviewing key topics from several economics textbooks and taking online courses and past exams. It recommends studying intermediate microeconomics, macroeconomic theory, introductory macroeconomics, mathematical statistics, essential mathematics, and basic econometrics. Specific chapters are listed from textbooks covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, probability, statistics, and econometrics. It also lists some advanced textbooks as optional additional preparation material.

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    Syllabus for MA Economics entrance. This will apply to all the different exams

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    This document provides guidance on preparing for the MA Economics entrance exam by reviewing key topics from several economics textbooks and taking online courses and past exams. It recommends studying intermediate microeconomics, macroeconomic theory, introductory macroeconomics, mathematical statistics, essential mathematics, and basic econometrics. Specific chapters are listed from textbooks covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, probability, statistics, and econometrics. It also lists some advanced textbooks as optional additional preparation material.

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    Syllabus For MA Economics

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    This document provides guidance on preparing for the MA Economics entrance exam by reviewing key topics from several economics textbooks and taking online courses and past exams. It recommends studying intermediate microeconomics, macroeconomic theory, introductory macroeconomics, mathematical statistics, essential mathematics, and basic econometrics. Specific chapters are listed from textbooks covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, probability, statistics, and econometrics. It also lists some advanced textbooks as optional additional preparation material.

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    DISCLAIMER:Thisismeantonlyasguidance.

    ThereisnoguaranteethatMAEconomicsentranceexam
    questionswillbelimitedtothecontentmentionedbelow.

    1.IntermediateMicroeconomicsbyH.Varian

    Relevantchaptersarethefollowing:
    TheMarket,BudgetConstraint,Preferences,Utility,Choice,Demand,RevealedPreference,Slutsky
    Equation,BuyingandSelling,IntertemporalChoice,Consumer'sSurplus,MarketDemand,Equilibrium,
    Exchange,Production,Welfare,Externalities,PublicGoods,MathematicalAppendix
    AlsodoWorkoutsinIntermediateMicroeconomicsbyBergstromandVarian.

    2.MacroeconomicTheoryandPolicybyBranson

    Relevantchaptersarethefollowing:
    IntroductiontoIncomeDetermination:TheMultiplier,DemandSideEquilibrium:IncomeandtheInterest
    rate,AnintroductiontoMonetaryandFiscalPolicy,SupplySideEquilibrium:OutputandthePricelevel,
    EquilibriumintheStaticModel,Monetary,FiscalandIncomesPolicyintheStaticModel

    3.MacroeconomicsbyDornbusch,FischerandStartz

    Relevantchaptersarethefollowing:
    IncomeandSpending,Money,InterestandIncome,MonetaryandFiscalPolicy,InternationalLinkages,
    AggregateDemandandSupply:AnIntroduction,AggregateSupply:Wages,PricesandEmployment,The
    DemandforMoney,DynamicsofInflationandUnemployment,TradeoffsbetweenInflationand
    Unemployment,InternationalAdjustmentandInterdependence

    4.MathematicalStatisticsbyFreund

    Relevantchaptersarethefollowing:
    Introduction,Probability,ProbabilityDistributionsandProbabilityDensities,MathematicalExpectation,
    SpecialProbabilityDistributions,SpecialProbabilityDensities,FunctionsofRandomVariables,Sampling
    Distributions,HypothesisTesting:Theory,HypothesisTesting:Applications,RegressionandCorrelation

    5.EssentialMathematicsforEconomicAnalysisbySydsaeterandHammond

    6.BasicEconometricsbyGujarati

    Relevantchaptersarethefollowing:Chapters1to11

    Videos

    Herearesomefreevideolectures/onlinecoursesthatcanalsohelpyouinyourpreparation:
    1. Precalculus
    2. Calculus:One
    3. Calculus:Two(SequencesandSeries)
    4. Probability

    Macroeconomics:
    1. Macroeconomics(Coursenamed:ThePowerofMacroeconomics)And/Or
    2. PrinciplesofMacroeconomics

    Microeconomics:
    1. Microeconomics(Coursenamed:ThePowerofMarkets)And/Or
    2. Microeconomics(Coursenamed:ThePowerofMicroeconomics)And/Or
    3. MicroeconomicsforManagersAnd/Or
    4. PrinciplesofEconomicsforScientists

    GameTheory:

    1. GameTheory

    Econometrics:
    1. IntroductiontoComputationalFinanceandFinancialEconometrics(Optional)
    2. RegressionModels

    Youarealsoexpectedtosolvethepastyearexamspostedonthelessonspagealongwiththeabove.

    Onceyouaredonewithabove,youmayalsodosomeadvancedlevelbooks.Thetextsmentionedbelow
    providestheadvancedtreatmentoftopicsmentionedinthelistsabove.Notethatdoingtheseisstrictly
    optional.

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    AdvancedMicroeconomicTheorybyJehleandRenyAND/OR
    MicroeconomicAnalysisbyH.Varian
    FoundationsofModernMacroeconomicsbyHeijdra
    ProbabilityandStatisticsbyDeGroot
    IntroductoryEconometrics:AModernApproachbyWooldridge
    IntroductiontoGameTheorybyOsborne

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