Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis

The subject matter that modern economics students are expected to
master makes significant mathematical demands. This is true even of the less technical
“applied” literature that students will be expected to read for courses in fields such as public
finance, industrial organization, and labour economics, amongst several others. Indeed, the
most relevant literature typically presumes familiarity with several important mathematical
tools, especially calculus for functions of one and several variables, as well as a basic
understanding of multivariable optimization problems with or without constraints. Linear
algebra is also used to some extent in economic theory, and a great deal more in econometrics