原帖由juderiverman于2004-05-30, 12:22:40发表
这里讲的不仅仅是数理经济学（econometrics），而是经济学中数学的运用。
看看现在西方经济学的排名就不难感受到这种循环（良性或恶性）的趋势。
应该是“大部分经济学家的作品都比较多地用到数学”，你说的情况可能是在国内，觉得现在国内的经济学也是慢慢数学多起来了，和国际接轨了，哈哈。
不过现在还难断定这是更好还是更糟糕。
Econometrics (经济计量学 in Chinese) is different from 数理经济学 (a.k.a. mathematical economics).
Econometrics is a joint field of economics and statistics, which uses statistical techniques to study economic phenomena.
There are not much math in many economic fields, for example, macro/monetary economics. In general, intermediate knowlege about calculus and matrix algebra can help you read most economics papers.
There is a top journal called Econometrica, which publishes many math intensive papers. I guess that is why some people think 数理经济学 is equivalent to econometrics. But that is just simply wrong.
