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Advanced Microeconomic Theory (Addison-Wesley Series in Economics)

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This is an excellent book, which I used in my micro class. The calculus review in the first two chapters really helped me a lot in understanding the materials later on.

The authors did a great job in going straight to the points without omiting vital information.

This is the book for those who find "Microeconomic analysis" isn't self-contained and find "Microeconomic theory" too complex.

From now on this design should become a standard. For the first time the fundamental theorems and assumptions of todays micro are not only presented but also discussed with complete(!) proofs. Congratulations especially for your step-by-step exposition of the development of preferences along with their respective axioms.

Do you really want to understand microeconomics without losing entire days in understanding boring set simbology? This is the book you were looking for!

Simple, and accurate at the same time. Fortunately there are still authors that are able to make complicate things simple.

I suggest this book to understand better what you can't grasp in other books, say, Mas Colell et al. Not all topics are covered and you should refer to other (boring) books to sort things out, but in the end the rule "small is beatiful" is a winning one. Every student taking a course in microeconomics at post-graduate level should buy this and proudly say "I really know something about microeconomics".

This book may not cover every topic under the sun in micro, but it covers the essential knowledge in such a way that the student is led to think deeply about how micro theory is put together. The exposition is astoundingly clear and complete. I highly reccommend it.

This is certainly not a book for beginners. But if you are going to study advanced Microeconomics, this is certainly one of the books to start. Don't underestimate the book by looking at its thickness. It contains a lot of stuff inside.