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This document provides an outline of the topics covered in an economics course. It includes 10 sections that cover: (1) basic economic concepts; (2) production functions and costs; (3) price output determination under perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and price discrimination; (4) capital markets and investment decisions; (5) welfare economics; (6) national income accounting and sustainability; (7) income determination and economic fluctuations; (8) international trade, foreign aid and development; (9) different economic systems and India's economic policies. The outline lists the sub-topics to be discussed under each main section.

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Course Content Economics

This document provides an outline of the topics covered in an economics course. It includes 10 sections that cover: (1) basic economic concepts; (2) production functions and costs; (3) price output determination under perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and price discrimination; (4) capital markets and investment decisions; (5) welfare economics; (6) national income accounting and sustainability; (7) income determination and economic fluctuations; (8) international trade, foreign aid and development; (9) different economic systems and India's economic policies. The outline lists the sub-topics to be discussed under each main section.

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Economics (New)
Subject No. HS20001
I.

Introduction Nature and scope of Economics - role of wealth, welfare and optimization. Basic concepts - choice, utility, co~evenue, value, price, notion of equilibrium, demand and supply. . Market and its classifications. Demand consumer effects. Demand Demand Elasticity and Supply Analysis preferences and indifference curve analysis - substitution, income and price . and supply functions. and supply-curves, market equilibrium and their shifts. of demand and supply. and Cost

Ll. L2. L3. II. L4. L5.

L6.
L7. III.

Production

L8.
L9.
L 1O. L 11.

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Short - run production function and returns to a factor-average marginal relationship. Long - run production function and laws of returns to scale - role of technology. Two input one output model - Isoquant analysis. One input two output model ~Production possibility locus. Linear programming and economic analysis. Cost function and the cost structure of a firm in the short run. Long run cost function and cost structure - concept of ~cycle cost. Price Output Detertnination

IV. US. U6.

L 17.
L 13. U9.

Perfect competition including shut-down and break-even points. Monopoly Monopolistic competition and product differentiation. Duopoly and oligopoly. Price discrimination. Capital Market and Investment Decisions

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L20.
L21. L22. L23.

Financing investments - ploughback.issuing new shares, bonds, convertibles, direct loans etcCost of capital- the debt, equity, and weighted cost. Investment criteria : Pay back, NDPV, [RR and Profitability index. Risk management-finite horizon method, discounting for risk, probability approach, sensitivirv.. analvsis and decision theorv. ., .,
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VI. L2-l-. L25. L26.

Outline of Welfare Economics Introduction to welfare economics - Pareto optirnaliry, choice and welfare. From individual to social welfare - Arrow's impossibility. Collective choice and social welfare - Sen's possibility to new impossibility.

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Resource Accounting and Sustainability


National Income - concepts and estimation - value added method. Alternative approaches to national income - factor payments and expenditure methods. Market and natural resources - spatial and temporal allocations. Sustainable development - dwindling natural resources, environment and sustainabili ty. .

vl27.
L28. L29. L30.

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Income Determination and Fluctuations


Consumption and investment functions. Multiplier and accelerator, Interaction of multiplier with accelerator and economic fluctuations . Internal stabilisation measures: monetary, fiscal and price policies.

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.~3. L34

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L35. L36. L37. L38 ..

Trade, Aid and Development


Balance of trade and payments, external stability. Foreign capital and collaborations - financial and technological. Towards a global economy - GATT, WTO, etc. Patent laws and intellectual property rights.

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L39. L40. L41. L42.

Economic Systems & Indian Economic Policies


Capitalism, socialism and mixed economy. Five-year plans. Industrial and technological-policies Ongoing economic reforms.

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