Microeconomics

Manuals

• Microeconomic Analysis, by Varian
• A Course in Microeconomic Theory, by Kreps
• Games and Information, by Erik Rasmusen
• Readings in Games and Information, by Erik Rasmusen

General Equilibrium and Other

• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith
• The Existence of an Equilibrium for a Competitive Economy, by Arrow and Debreu
• Elements of Pure Economics, by Leon Walras
• Value and Capital, by Hicks
• Efficient Credit Rationing, by De Meza and Webb

Market Imperfections

• The Problem of Social Cost, by Coase
• Managing local commons: theoretical issues in incentive design, by Paul Seabright
• Property Rights as a Cause of the tragedy of the Commons – Institutional Change and the Pastoral Maasai of Kenya, by Robert Blewett
• The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism, by Akerlof (AS)
• A Theory and Test of Credit Rationing, by Jaffee and Modigliani (PS)
• Imperfect Information, Uncertainty, and Credit Rationing, by Jaffee
  and Russel (PS)
• Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information, by Stiglitz and Weiss (AS)
• Too Much Investment: A Problem of Asymmetric Information, by De Meza and Webb (AS)
• Efficient Credit Rationing, by De Meza and Webb (AS)
• Private and Public Supply of Liquidity, by Holmström and Tiróle (MH)
• Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets: An Essay on the Economics of Imperfect Information, by Rothschild and Stiglitz
• Equilibrium Unemployment as a Worker Discipline Device, by Shapiro
  and Stiglitz
• Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk, by Kahneman and Tversky
• Identity and the Economics of Organizations, by Akerlof and Kranton
• Economics and Identity, by Akerlof and Kranton
• The Weirdest People in the World, by Henrich, Heine and Norenzayan (review here)