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Although I don't think it was widely used, Griffith Clark Evans' book-
Mathematical Introduction to Economics- was published by McGraw-Hill in
1930. Evans was a professor of mathematics at Rice U. in Texas. The book
has exercises at the end of each chapter "with the purpose of making the
text both available for the classroom and suitable for independent
study"[Preface]. The mathematical content is, in some respects,
considerably more advanced than Allen's 1938 book. Two chapters and an
appendix, for example, deal with problems that involve functionals and
require claculus of variation techniques for solution. Economists cited
include Cournot, Edgeworth, Irving Fisher and Charles Roos. An
interesting book.
The Cowles Commission also produced a number of books in the 30's that
might have been used as textbooks in math econ. Charles Roos' Dynamic
Economics (also using calculus of variations extensively) was published in
1934. Harold T. Davis published his- The Theory of Econometrics -in 1941.
Like Evans' book, Davis' book has problems at the end of every chapter.
Despite the title, much of the book covers economic theory. There are
chapters on the theory of monopoly and duopoly, production and alled
functions, taxation etc. The same author published - The Analysis of
Economic Time Series - also in 1941. The later book is narrowly focused
on the subject matter indicated by the title and does not contain student
exercises.
Mike Lynch
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