This important book fills a gap in the existing curriculum by providing a firm foundation in linear algebra, statistics, and coding for students who want to study advanced econometrics. And there's more: it also exposes students to methods of machine learning and computational statistics, offering a broader perspective on modern data analytic techniques.

Hal Varian Chief Economist, Google

A Primer in Econometric Theory presents key foundations and supplements them with good examples. It vividly shows the benefits given to us by decades of technical progress in econometrics and computational methods. Stachurski’s writing style presents technical arguments in attractive and accessible ways.

Thomas J. Sargent New York University

John Stachurski's text, A Primer in Econometric Theory is a concise and elegant book that provides a more conceptual introduction to econometrics that coincides well with my own preferred way of teaching the subject to first-year graduate students. It is clear, rigorous, and provides a large number of interesting exercises with solutions. I will use it in my own econometrics teaching and recommend it to complement other applied econometrics books.

John Rust Gallagher Family Professor of Economics, Georgetown University

When I learned the fundamentals of linear algebra and economic theory as a graduate student, I found most textbooks and courses had an emphasis on theory but very little in terms of software. The emphasis on teaching these ideas through modern programming tools such as Julia, Python, and R not only makes the material far more accessible but also equips the readers of this book for their professional careers. I wish I had such a book when I was in grad school!

Viral Shah Co-inventor of Julia programming language, Co-founder of Julia Computing, Co-author of Rebooting India