KingAragorn

Hi guys, I have been accepted into University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales in Australia and University of Cologne (supervised by Matthias Sutter) and University of Konstanz in Germany (supervized by Urs Fischbacher). I'd be very grateful for your help because I'm very confused about the choice. My area of interest in behavioural and experimental economics and development economics. From that perspective, I feel Sutter and Fischbacher are great guys and Colonge and Konstanz may be better. But the reputation of the universities isn't as high as Melbourne I think. Which should I prioritize: university reputation or supervisor reputation? Also, within the country, Melbourne has just three to four people doing behavioural and experimental work and UNSW has around a dozen, and Cologne has more than Konstanz. Should I think of my supervisor first or how much the university focuses on the subject overall? Finally, my understand is that Australian universities will be more full-fledged academic places like US universities, so maybe the opportunities there will be great. When I used Tilburg Rankings to see top 5 publications, there isn't a huge amount of difference between these universities. Which would be the best option to pursue? It'd be very grateful for your help.

How about a good 'introductory' book that has macro with micro foundations (Ramsey model and so on...)? Most texts that I've seen, such as Blanchard and Fischer, Heijdra and Ploeg, etc, don't spend much time explaining the intuition, nor the mathematics.

Hi folks, I've been admitted to the first year of Sciences-Po's Masters in Economics and Public Policy. While the degree has a decent amount of econometrics, they do not really offer much mathematics. I just wanted to ask anyone who had previously studied in France if it might be possible to find math courses in English in some university in the Paris region, for I've looked at quite a few universities and mostly, the math courses are in French. I'd be very grateful for your help. Regards, KA

Yes, I did mean micro (apologies for the numerous errors in my post). I personally do have an economics background. I have studied a decent amount from Pindyck's intermediate micro text. However, it wasn't very mathematical. Is there no text which offers at least more detailed and better explained mathematical treatment of the micro models than Mas-Colell? Thanks to both tm_guru and art_vandelay for advice.

Hi all, I will be doing graduate macro this coming year, which will partly be based on Ms-Colell. Could you kindly share what mathematical techniques would be necessary to sufficiently understand the text? Could you also suggest either graduate or advanced undergraduate micro texts that someone could use as someone from a non-economic background could use to get through the mathematics more easily as well as well as the intuition behind the results (I've heard Mas-Colell breezes through things)? Thanks a lot for helping. KA

Just a little bump... I would be very grateful to the wise men and women of the Urch forums to shed some light on the above matter. Many thanks.

MariaS, Do you mean to ask about pursuing a PhD directly after having finished an MBA or do you envisage a gap in between? Thank you.

Hi all. I've been admitted to the 2-year Warwick Economics programme and the 1-year Tilburg one and can't easily decide between the two. My undergraduate degree is in business and was not very heavy on economics nor mathematics. My wish is to do a PhD in economics, preferably in a decent university in the USA. My interests (fledgling) are macroeconomics, behavioural economics, development economics. Ignorant though I am, the Warwick programme seems more academic in nature than the Tilburg one, which seems more business oriented. What I fear is that if I go to Tilburg, I won't be able to increase my knowledge of econ/math to do a good PhD. However, Tilburg is offering a scholarship and money is an issues (international student). What do you guys think would be a good choice? Are the programmes exactly as I envisage them to be? Could the Tilburg MSc be good enough to do a 1-year Research master and then a PhD? Any diea about the merit for scholarships at Warwick? Thanks a lot for your help and explanations. It's greatly appreciated. *** Warwick programme: General Warwick programme: Detailed course outline Tilburg programme: General Tilburg programme: Detailed course outline