<p>My prof is always telling us, if we want to pursue PhD level Econ in the future, we should master the full content of the following book:</p>

<p>Microeconomic Theory. Andreu Mas—Colell Michael D. Whinston and. Jerry R. Green. New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1995.</p>

<p>He also mentioned that there's main difference in viewpoint between graduate-level and top-level PhD Microeconomics. While in Grad School students calculate and theorize in the vector space, PhD students do mathematical operations using set theory almost all the time.</p>

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Thanks! But what about the PhD-level course itself? I was actually more eager to know about that.
quasi_rational
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We use Mas-Colell extensively. I would also recommend teaching yourself as much set theory as possible. Also, learn analysis and topology. That should be enough. Also, just use some Google-fu. Most good universities have full course notes and course outlines posted and available to the public.
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Übel Yildmar
<p>How should one proceed if he wanted to master the microecon theory course typically taught in the 1st year of a PhD program on his own? Which text(s) and/or online course(s) should he follow? Suppose the guy has had a good training of econ up to the intermediate level and is familiar to the math topics the microecon course would typically demand.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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See graduate courses in microeconomics from http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/
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Self-teaching 1st year PhD Microeconomic Theory
quasi_rational
# Self-teaching 1st year PhD Microeconomic Theory

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-11)

How should one proceed if he wanted to master the microecon theory course typically taught in the 1st year of a PhD program on his own? Which text(s) and/or online course(s) should he follow? Suppose the guy has had a good training of econ up to the intermediate level and is familiar to the math topics the microecon course would typically demand.

Thanks in advance.

**Tags:** microeconomics, self-study
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: See graduate courses in microeconomics from http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-11. Score: 7

My prof is always telling us, if we want to pursue PhD level Econ in the future, we should master the full content of the following book:

Microeconomic Theory. Andreu Mas—Colell Michael D. Whinston and. Jerry R. Green. New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1995.

He also mentioned that there's main difference in viewpoint between graduate-level and top-level PhD Microeconomics. While in Grad School students calculate and theorize in the vector space, PhD students do mathematical operations using set theory almost all the time.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks! But what about the PhD-level course itself? I was actually more eager to know about that.  
> **username_3**: We use Mas-Colell extensively. I would also recommend teaching yourself as much set theory as possible. Also, learn analysis and topology. That should be enough. Also, just use some Google-fu. Most good universities have full course notes and course outlines posted and available to the public.  

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