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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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The books you mention are intermediate texts. IMO, except for Perloff they are on the lower end of books at that level; I prefer Nicholson or Varian's undergrad text to several you have listed. Of the ones on the list, Perloff is probably the most rigorous. Neither the books you mentioned nor the two I added are at a comparable level to Varian's
graduate text. I'm not sure which Varian text you had in mind when you asked the question.