Official Warwick Economics Q&A Thread

Has anybody received any email with directions about what to do next and when?????? (for those who have been accepted with an unconditional offer). Does anybody know when will these be sent??????

Hi,
we're currently waiting on our partner departments to update their reading lists for our joint degree courses, so all the material can be sent out in one document, but the below books form the reading list for the "economics" parts of the reading list (there will also be reading for philosophy, politics and international studies if you are doing a joint degree, as well as maths revision)

The starred items form the starting point for each topic. We don't require you to read everything and we expect you to be sensible and choose what matches your individual needs and interests. When the reading list is sent to you via email, and posted on the website, it will contain links to purchase the books from the Warwick Bookshop


Economics For Fun
** Mlodinow, L. 2008. The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives.**
Harford, T. 2005. The Undercover Economist.
Glaeser, E. L. 2011. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier.

Blogs and Websites
** VOX : Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists **
danariely.com : Blog of Dan Ariely, a leading researcher in Behavioural Economics
Economics One : A Blog by John B. Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford University
gregmankiw.blogspot.co.uk : Blog of Greg Mankiw, Professor and Chairman of the Economics Department at Harvard University

Micro and Behavioural Economics
** Dixit, A. and Nalebuff, B. 1993. Thinking Strategically: Competitive Edge in Business, Politics and Everyday Life **
Kahneman, D. 2012. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Kay, J. 2004. The Truth About Markets : Why Some Nations are Rich but Most Remain Poor

Macroeconomics
** Rajan, R.G. 2011. Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy **
Stiglitz, J.E. 2012. The Price of Inequality: The Avoidable Causes and Invisible Costs of Inequality
Krugman, P. 2012. End This Depression Now!

Economic History and Development
** Acemoglu, D. and Robinson, J.A. 2012. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty **
Collier, P. 2008. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Banerjee, A. and Duflo, E. 2011. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Diamond, J.M. 1998. Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years

Hi, are there any scholarships or bursaries available for economics students who have greatly exceeded their offer?


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I will be studying Morse in October so I will be studying EC106 Introduction to Quantitative Economics, what do you recommend I read for preparation.

I haven't studied A-Level Economics.

Hi I'm starting economics at Warwick in October and during my time at Warwick I plan to start learning Japanese from scratch with the lifelong languange learning courses in the first year. Would it then be possible to continue learning Japanese in my second year as part of my economics degree? What level of Japanese would I have to achieve in the first year in order to be able to do this? I wouldn't want to start learning a new language as part of my degree in the first year in case I didn't enjoy learning Japanese! Many thanks

Are Economics students allowed to "over-CAT" (i.e. take more modules - and consequently CATS - than the maximum limit)? I'm interested in taking EC119 (Mathematical Analysis for Economists) and EC133 (Linear Algebra for Economists) which both equal 15 CATS but I also want to take a language module so I would be reaching 174 CATS credits instead of 150 which is the limit.

Hi i received my confirmation of my place from ucas but haven't heard anything from warwick yet is this normal?

EDIT: Just received my welcome pack I would also like to know if there will be any teaching in the last term or do we just have to come in for exams? thanks

Hi

1) If one were to resit a year because of unfortunate extenuating circumstances, which consequently resulted in below average/poor grades, would the applicant be at a disadvantage when applying to economics?

2) Would someone with below average GCSEs be at a big disadvantage, despite having strong A-levels/predicted grades? (And a strong PS)

3) Is there a preference of subjects at A-level to do economics? For example, right now I'm fixed on Economics, Maths, French and either Politics or Biology. I plan to take Eco + Maths to A2 (dropping french) along with one of the other two. Would taking Biology over Politics be preferred? Especially with the aforementioned extenuating circumstances from last year. (I'd assume you'd want better grades with respected subjects when one resits; and I've heard that Biology is more respected).

Thanks.