“THREEBOOKSTHATCHANGEDMY(ACADEMIC)LIFE…”

AlessandraFaggianTheOhioStateUniversity,USA

&GranSassoScienceInsKtute(GSSI),L’Aquila,ITALY

Incronologicalorder…#1“EconomiaUrbana”byRobertoCamagni…nevertookanycourseofregionalorurbaneconomicsduringmy(5-year)BAinEconomicsatBocconiUniversity…(infact,myspecializaAonisdifferent..)

ThisbookwasmyFIRSTintroducBontothefield.Clearlyorganized(in“principles”),concisebutthorough.GavemethefoundaBonstostartmycareeron..

#2“UrbanandRegionalEconomics”byPhilipMcCann…oncethey‘seed’wasplantedIconAnuedstudyingthetopic…

Thisbookaccompaniedmethroughmy11yearsintheUK(andaQer).ItwasthefirstbookIusedwhenIstartedteachingandtrainPhDstudents.Itisaccessibletodifferentreaders(fromdifferentfieldsandwithdifferentskills)becauseofitsorganizaBons(intuiBonandgraphsinthemaintextandanalyBcalformulaeinappendix).

#3“DiscreteChoiceMethodswithSimulaBon”byKennethTrain…thiswasmylife-saverduringmyPhDyears(andaKerwards)…

Istruggledtofindabookthatexplainedmore‘advanced’econometricsinaclearwayunBlIfoundthisbook.Itistheclearest,mostintuiBvebookonthetopicIhaveeverfound(…havelotsofeconometricsbooksasItaughteconometricmethodsatthebeginningofmycareer…).