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Originally Posted by Norfrost
I also have a question and I apologise beforehand because I already feel like hijacking the thread.
I will be taking intermediate micro next year and my university is recommending we buy one or two of the following books: Katz/Rosen, Cowell, Estrin/Laidler, Pindyck/Rubinfeld, Eaton/Allen and Perloff.
Surprisingly, Varian is not mentioned. Is any of these textbooks at least comparable to the level of Varian? I don't mind using a more mathematically rigorous text, in fact I suppose that's what I'm looking for (having graduate school in mind). Thanks for the advice.
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In my uni, there were two profs who taught intermediate micro last semester. A friend of mine from the other class used Pindyck and Rubinfeld's text; she told me that it was good for developing intuition, but it wasn't of any help at all when it came to exams, since the exams that were given tended to be "mathematical." My class used Varian's intermediate micro, and some parts of his grad text whenever possible. It was a very good text; it explained concepts clearly, and the math was easy to understand. I also used Nicholson, and although the level of clarity isn't the same as Varian's (although some of my study group friends might disagree), the text explains concepts pretty well, and the problems in the book were of big help. Hope this answers your question.