Schaum's Outline Introduction to Mathematical Economics [Paperback]

Edward Dowling (Author)

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Publication Date: August 30, 2000 | ISBN-10: 007135896X | ISBN-13: 978-0071358965 | Edition: 3

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About the Author

Edward T. Dowling, Ph.D., has been a Professor of Economics at Fordham University for twenty-six years. He has published several Schaum’s guides as well as numerous journal articles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 523 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (August 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007135896X
• ISBN-13: 978-0071358965
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource, June 17, 2005

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macktheknife (Northern, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schaum's Outline Introduction to Mathematical Economics (Paperback)

This is an excellent book for non-quant jockeys who want to brush up on their mathematical skills for upper-level or graduate-level econ courses. The best strength of the book is its organization. After a chapter on introduction and discussion of a mathematical technique or theory, a chapter on the technique's application is presented. This is an excellent way to not only reinforce the material but demonstrate its applications and relavence to economics.

However, several caveats should be noted:

First, I believe that the ideal reader should already have some exposure to calculus. For instance, Dowling discusses the fundamentals of differentiation in about 26 pages, which is far too little if one is learning calculus from scratch. If the reader already has some exposure to calculus (as I did), then Dowling's chapters on differentiation and integration could be used as review.

Second, the learning curve really steepens in the latter chapters when Dowling discusses differential equations as he appears to sacrifice detailed explanations for brevity.

Lastly, I think the reader would be best served to use this book as a resource and not just as the main text. Mathematical Economics is a very broad and challenging subject, and as good as this book is, it only scratches the surface of a complex topic. I would also recommend "Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics" by Alpha Chiang.

Highly recommended.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Econ Professor, February 4, 2004

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline Introduction to Mathematical Economics (Paperback)

I teach math for economists to undergraduates and Ph.D. and Masters students. I and my students agree, this book is great. It isn't a math textbook -- you will still need a good one of those (I am currently recommending Michael Klein's book for undergrads and the text by Simon and Blume for grad students.) But the book is more than a list of problems. The problems are written and organized to build up your understanding of the math. I like this book much better than most of the other Schaum's outline books; it doesn't drown you in detail, but helps you move through the structure of the math.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, January 8, 2001

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline Introduction to Mathematical Economics (Paperback)

This helps beginning PhD econ students (and other PhD students taking econ PhD core courses) to get to the important points fast. With a lot of exercises, it also drives the point home quick.

If you are one like me who gets frustrated with a lot of blah blah from textbooks like Simon and Blume, as well as the terse/succinct textbook like Varian's Microeconomics analysis, this is a great buy. This book is direct to the point, and very student friendly.