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I'm not sure how much math is really needed, as a minimum, for those programs. I've only read 1 chapter of a Ph.D. level micro textbook, the same one they assign in the first Ph.D. course at UCSB. I believe that it would be more difficult for those who haven't done real analysis or practiced writing proofs than for those who have. The textbook has an appendix covering all the math you need. And, these Ph.D. programs often have a "math camp" that will make you do basic practice in that stuff. Sometimes the math you need is built into the courses also. At UCSB, the first Ph.D. micro course problem sets include the math problems from that appendix. I have no experience with doing econ Ph.D. programs, so I'm in no more informed a position than you. I know of students who were offered admission to econ Ph.D. programs without having more math than you have listed above, so I wouldn't conclude that more is necessary.
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