What Are Advanced Textbooks Combining Microeconomics and Game Theory?

[coffeejunky]

Hello. I'm currently looking for a textbook which emphasizes microeconomic theory on a more advanced level compared to the mass-marketed books, (e.g. Mankiw, McConell, ...) and a textbook that contains more game theory. Does anyone have suggestions?

 

[jedishrfu]

This one has good reviews on AMAZON:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195073401/?tag=pfamazon01-20

based on a course they teach at Harvard but check out the reader comments one reader suggests two other books to be read at the same time in order to really understand what's going on.

 

[ubiquitousuk]

The Mas-Colell et al. book recommended by jedishrfu is the standard graduate-level micro theory textbook. It is very good, but also very technical. If you main interest is in obtaining a more advanced understanding of the economic principles (rather than of the rigorous mathematical formulation of those principles) then I would recommend

"Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions" by Nicholson and Snyyder

or

"The Applied Theory of Price" by Donald N. McCloskey (this is out of print, but you should be able to find a used copy and it is an excellent, excellent book).

If you do want a graduate-level treatment, but find Mas-Colell et al. to be a little heavy-going then strandard alternatives are

"Microeconomic Analysis" by Varian,
“Advanced Microeconomic Theory” by Jehle and Reny

For game theory, I would go with a specialist book. I think the book "Game Theory" by Gibbons is excellent for this purpose.

 

[wigglywoogly]

Agree with ubiquitousuk.

Game Theory: An Introduction by Tadelis is good.