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Econhead, I definitely see your point and I apologize for the lack of clarity in my first question which seems vague also to me now that I read it again: well, my most favorite subfields of Macro would be Money, (Central) Banking, Business Cycles, Financial Crises. These kind of topics which are all pretty connected after all... Thanks!

Let's try again...as it easy to see, my question is on which department in a US university is the best in Macro. First things that come to mind would be Harvard & Columbia but after those I would not know actually. A top 5 would great and helpful to many, considering how many people love Macro. Thanks to everyone!

Can it really get any better than NYU?!

After a bit of thought on this, having gathered as much infos as I can, I have narrowed my choice for a MSc/MPhil in Econ to these two places. Can somebody tell me which of these is better for Macro/Monetary and as a basis for a PhD in the States (always in these areas, it seems to me like Columbia is the best. Am I wrong?). Thanks to everyone!

Just your best guess would be awesome! Without putting much thought into this...Just looking the best association that come up!

Guys, I really need your help on this! I have to use Nechyba's Book Micro with Calculus for my course (along with Nicholson's Microeconomic Theory) but this guy made a very confused subdivision of the content as you can see... Can someone help me match the content of the two books (I mean, the things by Nechyba in Nicholson's one)? I'll leave below the Table of Content of Nechyba's and then Nicholson. Thank you so much (and I really mean it)!!!! Chapter 1: Introduction. PART 1: Utility-Maximizing Choice: Consumers,Workers, and Savers. Chapter 2: A Consumer’s Economic Circumstances. Chapter 3: Economic Circumstances in Labor and Financial Markets. Chapter 4: Tastes and Indifference Curves. Chapter 5: Different Types of Tastes. Chapter 6: Doing the “Best” We Can. Chapter 7: Income and Substitution Effects in Consumer Goods Markets. Chapter 8: Wealth and Substitution Effects in Labor and Capital Markets. Chapter 9: Demand for Goods and Supply of Labor and Capital. Chapter 10: Consumer Surplus and Deadweight Loss. PART 2: Profit-Maximizing Choice: Producers (or “Firms”). Chapter 11: One Input and One Output: A Short-Run Producer Model. Chapter 12: Production with Multiple Inputs. Chapter 13: Production Decisions in the Short and Long Run. PART 3: Competitive Markets and the “Invisible Hand”. Chapter 14: Competitive Market Equilibrium. Chapter 15: The “Invisible Hand” and the First Welfare Theorem. Chapter 16: General Equilibrium. Chapter 17: Choice and Markets in the Presence of Risk. PART 4: Distortions of the “Invisible Hand” in Competitive Markets. Chapter 18: Elasticities, Price-Distorting Policies, and Non-Price Rationing. Chapter 19: Distortionary Taxes and Subsidies. Chapter 20: Prices and Distortions across Markets. Chapter 21: Externalities in Competitive Markets. Chapter 22: Asymmetric Information in Competitive Markets. PART 5: Distortions of the “Invisible Hand” from Strategic Decisions. Chapter 23: Monopoly. Chapter 24: Strategic Thinking and Game Theory. Chapter 25: Oligopoly. Chapter 26: Product Differentiation and Innovation in Markets. Chapter 27: Public Goods. Chapter 28: Governments and Politics. PART 6: Considering How to Make the World a Better Place. Chapter 29: What Is Good? Challenges from Psychology and Philosophy. Chapter 30: Balancing Government, Civil Society, and Markets. Part I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Economic Models. 2. Mathematics for Microeconomics. Part II: CHOICE AND DEMAND. 3. Preferences and Utility. 4. Utility Maximization and Choice. 5. Income and Substitution Effects. 6. Demand Relationships among Goods. Part III: UNCERTAINTY AND STRATEGY. 7. Uncertainty. 8. Game Theory. Part IV: PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY. 9. Production Functions. 10. Cost Functions. 11. Profit Maximization. Part V: COMPETITIVE MARKETS. 12. The Partial Equilibrium Competitive Model. 13. General Equilibrium and Welfare. Part VI: MARKET POWER. 14. Monopoly. 15. Imperfect Competition. Part VII: PRICING IN INPUT MARKETS. 16. Labor Markets. 17. Capital and Time. Part VIII: MARKET FAILURE. 18. Asymmetric Information. 19. Externalities and Public Goods.

Does an Intermediate Macro Book with Calculus (like Nicholson's and Nechyba's for Intermediate Micro) exist on the market?

My best guess would be Intro Micro: Goolsbee (Microeconomics) Intro Macro: Krugman (Macroeconomics) Intermediate Micro: Goolsbee Intermediate Macro: One between Williamson and Blanchard Advanced Micro: I haven't a clue Advanced Macro: Romer (Advanced Macro) Suggestions/corrections?

You don't seem to get me, sweetheart. If I had the solution in my hands I wouldn't be bothering you. My point is just: are the usual Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Yale, Penn, Columbia, NYU, Stanford so and so forth the best ones for Macro or is there some surprise positioning I should be aware of? It's obvious that "Universities Harvard-Stanford seem like the best option. It doesn't take either a PhD or a Google Search to figure that out Take it easy, will ya?

For Macroeconomics/Monetary Policy?

At 1) Introductory Level 2) Intermediate Level 3) Advanced Level

For a Msc in Economics and later on in a PhD? Not for the entrance, but in the day-by-day courses...

Which one of these two Parisian schools provide the best MSc in Economics?

I mean, 3 for Oxford and 3 for Cambridge

Considering especially fields like Monetary Economics, MacroEconomics...