Course Literature

Quantitative Methods (QM)

Introduction to Econometrics with Stata (IES)
Econometrics (EMX) I & II
The following books have been made available for you at the branch of Study Store located on
the second floor of Selexyz Dominikanen, Dominikanerkerkstraat 1, 6211 CZ Maastricht. Th e
prices listed below are the in-store prices.

Sydsæter, Knut and Peter J. Hammond. 2008. Essential

Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 3rd ed. Harlow:
Financial Times/Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780273713241
This book will be used for QM in September and October,
and serves as a useful reference for the mathematical
underpinnings of the Econometrics courses.
Sharpe, Norean R., Richard D. De Veaux and Paul F.
Velleman. 2010. Business Statistics. New York: Pearson
Education International. ISBN 9780321649287
Package
This book will be used for QM in September and October,
price:
and is a direct precursor to Econometrics. A number of
200.– €
topics are covered from different angles in Sharpe et. al.
and Stock & Watson, giving two ways to understand the
same concepts.
Stock, James H. And Mark W. Watson. 2007.
Introduction to Econometrics, 2nd ed. Boston:
Pearson/Addison Wesley. ISBN 9780321442536
This book is the core text for EMX I & II, as well as a handy
reference for future use in other courses and in writing the
thesis.
Baum, Christopher F. 2009. An Introduction to Stata
Programming. College Station: Stata Press. ISBN
9781597180450
This book is an excellent, but fast-paced introduction to
57.95 €
using Stata's powerful syntax to handle and analyze data. It
augments Stock & Watson in IES, and will be useful as a
reference for those students who intend to use Stata for
analysis outside of the class room.