Download - 3 books that changed my career
“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…).