For New UG (BA/BSc) Syllabus click here
SYLLABUS
(M.A./M.Sc. ECONOMICS)
2003
The Department of Economics, NEHU, Shillong has introduced a few changes in the syllabus of M.A. (Economics) in order to revise and update the structure and contents of the courses. These courses are revised on the basis of UGC Model Curriculum (Economics): 2001 circulated by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
There have been several changes in the world economy in general and Indian economy in particular, which significantly affect the economic theory and policy in recent times. All these issues necessitate undertaking the exercise of revision of syllabi and calling for reorientation of the curricula. Therefore, we have revised the contents of the courses in order to include the latest developments in respective fields.
While carrying out this exercise, we consulted the subject expertise available within the Department and the model curriculum prepared by the UGC for the PG level which takes into account the NET and various other national level competitive examinations syllabi. The syllabus has been approved by the BPGS, the School Board and the Academic Council of the University.
The Course Structure and List of
Optional Courses
First Semester:
ECO 101: Public Economics
ECO 102: Macro-Economic Analysis-I
ECO 103: Mathematics for Economists
ECO 104: Micro-Economic Analysis-I
Second Semester:
ECO 201: Macro-Economic Analysis-II
ECO 202: Micro-Economic Analysis-II
ECO 203: Statistical Analysis
ECO 204: Economics of Growth and Development
Third Semester:
ECO 301: International Trade
ECO 302: Economics of Environment and Social Sector-I
Optional-I
Optional-II
Fourth Semester:
ECO 401: Economics of Environment and Social Sector-II
ECO 402: Indian Economic Policy
Optional-I
Optional-II
Optional courses
(in Semester III – code ECO 3…and Semester IV – code ECO 4...) are to be
offered from the following list:
ECO 3001 Industrial Economics-I
ECO 3002 Labour Economics-I
ECO 3003 Econometrics-I
ECO 3004 Demography-I
ECO 3005 Agricultural Economics-I
ECO 3006 Economics of Gender and Development-I
ECO 3007 Computer Applications in Economic Analysis-I
ECO 3008 Economics of Infrastructure-I
ECO 3009 Economics of Law-I
ECO 3010 Welfare Economics-I
ECO 3011 Economy of North-Eastern Region
ECO 4001 Industrial Economics-II
ECO 4002 Labour Economics-II
ECO 4003 Econometrics-II
ECO 4004 Demography-II
ECO 4005 Agricultural Economics-II
ECO 4006 Economics of Gender and Development-II
ECO 4007 Computer Applications in Economic Analysis-II
ECO 4008 Economics of Infrastructure-II
ECO 4009 Budgetary Theory and Practice
ECO 4010 Welfare Economics-II
ECO 101 PUBLIC ECONOMICS
1.2 Market
Failures, Externalities and Public Policies: Market Failures, Externalities and
Efficiency , Public Policies to Internalize the Externalities.
1.3 Public
Economic Policies: Allocation, Distribution and Stabilization, Conflicts among
the Public Economic Policies.
Unit II:
Theories of Public Goods, Public Expenditures and Taxation (12)
2.1 The Theory of Public Goods: Demand and Production of
Public Goods, Partial and General Equilibrium Analysis, Individual Action,
Voluntary Cooperation and Efficiency,
Local Public Goods, Voting Models of Public Goods.
2.2 The Theory of Public Expenditure: Pure Theories of Public
Expenditures: Tiebout, Samuelson and Buchanan’s Contributions.
2.3 Theories of Taxation: Tax Neutrality, Direct versus
Indirect Taxes and Equity, Buoyancy and Elasticity Estimates of Taxation, Tax
Efforts.
Unit III: Budgeting Fiscal Policies and Income (Re-) Distribution (11)
3.1 Program Budgeting: Its Application, Zero-Based Budgeting,
Budgeting Policies.
3.2 Theory of Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy with Special
Reference to Under-developed Countries, Federal-Fiscal Relation in India.
3.3 Income (re) Distribution: Overview of Income Distribution,
Popular Measures of Inequality and Poverty, Redistributive Impact of the
Budget, Fiscal Measures and the ‘less well off’, Limits to redistribution.
Unit IV: Evaluation of Public Investment Projects and International
Issues in Public Economics (11)
4.1 Project
Evaluation: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Measuring Costs, Measuring Benefits, Market
Price, Shadow Prices, Discounting and Cost of Capital.
4.2 Public Failure and Public Expenditure Growth: Non-market
Demand & supply Conditions; A Typology of Non-Market Failure to match Market
Failure; Bureaucratic Economics, Measuring the Public Sector, Public Choice and
Other Accounts of Wagner Law.
4.3 Trade Versus Non-Trade Taxes: An Economic Appraisal, Trade
Taxes and Public Choice: Pressure Group Analysis and Rent Seeking, The Harmonization
of Indirect Taxes. Current Policy in EC for harmonization of Indirect Taxes –
Progress so far.
Basic
Reading List
1.
Bowers, P.F. (1974). Private Choice and Public Welfare, The
Dryden Press, New York.
2.
Buiter, W.H. (1990). Principles of Budget and Fiscal Policy,
MIT Press.
3.
David, N. and Nicholas,
S. (Eds.) (1987). The Theory of Taxation
for Developing Countries, OUP.
4.
Davie, B.F. and
Duncombe, B.F. (1970). Public Finance, Holt. Rineha and
Winstreet, New York.
5.
F. Flatters, V.
Henderson and P. Mieskowski (1974). Public Goods Efficiency and Fiscal
Equalisation, Journal of Public Economics,
Vol.3, pp.99-112.
6.
Hughton, R.C. (ed.).
(1975). Public Finance, Penguin
Publication.
7.
Hyman, David, N. (1983).
Public Finance: A Contemporary
Application of Theory to Policy, The Dryden Press, New York.
8.
Jha, Raghbendra (1987). Moden Theory of Public Finance, Wiley
Eastern Limited, Delhi.
9.
Maxdowell, A. and
Anderson, J. Richard (1973), Financing
State and Local Governments.
10.
Musgrave, Richard A.
(1959). The Theory of Public Finance,
Tata McGraw Hill, N.Y.
11.
Prest, A.R. (1975). Public Finance in Theory and Practice,
Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London.
12.
Ursula, Hicks (1968). Public Finance, James Nisbet and Co.,
London.
Additional Reading List
1.
Duff, L. (1997). Government
and Market, Orient Longman, New Delhi.
2.
Spulber, N. (1998). Reading
the State, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3.
Stiglitz, J.E. (1986). Economic
of Public Sector, Norton , New York.
4.
Friedman, A. (1986). Welfare
Economics and Social Choice Theory, Martins Nijhoff, Boston.
5.
Mishan, E.J. (1987). Cost-Benefit
Analysis: An Informal Introduction, George Allen and Unwin, London.
6.
Srivastav, D.K. (ed.)
(2000). Fiscal Federalism in India, Har-Anand Publications Ltd., New
Delhi.
ECO
102 MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS-I
Unit-I: National Income and Employment (11)
1.1 National
Income concepts and accounting methods;
1.2 Circular
Flow models – two-sector, three-sector and four sector;
1.3 Determination
of the equilibrium level of income – Classical Keynesianism and the 45° cross, the
fiscal models and level of income and employment;
1.4 Demand
and supply of labour – classical view.
Unit-II:
The Consumption Function (11)
2.1 The
absolute income hypothesis;
2.2 Relative
income hypothesis; Permanent income hypothesis;
2.3 Life-cycle
hypothesis; FRB-MIT (Federal Reserve
Bank and Massachusetts Institute of Technology) model;
2.4 Modern
approach - consumption and uncertainty.
Unit-III: The Investment Function (11)
3.1 Criteria
of investment decisions - present value, internal rate of return, payback
period;
3.2 Keynesian
formulation – long and short-run relationships;
3.3 Neo-classical
approach to fixed investment;
3.4 Kalecki's
theory and Eisner’s reformulation.
Unit-IV: Monetary
Theory (11)
4.1 Classical
Theory of Money; Say's Law and Walras' Law;
4.2 Classical
dichotomy and the neutrality of money;
4.3 Friedman’s
Modern Quantity Theory of Money;
4.4 Pigou
Effect and Real Balance Effect.
Basic Reading List
1.
Ackley, G. (1978). Macroeconomics:
Theory and Policy, Macmillan, New York.
2.
Branson, W.H. (1989). Macroeconomic
Theory and Policy, Harper and Row, New York.
3.
Dornbusch, Rudiger, Stanley Fischer, and Richard Startz (2000). Macroeconomics, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company, New Delhi.
4.
Jha, Raghbendra (1991). Contemporary
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi.
5.
Laidler, David E.W. (1977). The
Demand for Money: Theories and Evidence, Harper and Row, New York.
6.
Mueller, M.G. (Ed.)(1978). Readings
in Macroeconomics, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi.
7.
Patinkin, D. (1965). Money,
Interest and Prices, Harper and Row, New York.
8.
Shapiro, E. (1996). Macroeconomic
Analysis, Galgotia Publications, New Delhi.
Additional Reading List
1.
Allen, R.G.D. (1968). Macroeconomic
Theory: A Mathematical Approach, McGraw Hill, Tokyo.
2.
Blaug, M. (1978). Economic
Theory in Retrospect, Cambridge University Press,
3.
Dernburg, Thomas F. and Duncan M.McDougall (1983). Macroeconomics: The Measurement, Analysis, and Control of Aggregate Economic
Activity, McGraw-Hill International Book Company, New Delhi.
4.
Duesenberry, J.S. (1949). Income,
Saving and the Theory of Consumer Behaviour, Harvard University Press,
Harvard.
5.
Friedman, M. (1957). The
Theory of Consumption Function, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
6.
Gupta, S.B. (1997). Monetary
Economics, S. Chand and Company, New Delhi.
7.
Johnson, D.W. (1976). Macroeconomics:
Money, Prices and Income, John Wiley, Santa Barbara.
8.
Kalecki (1969). Selected
Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy, Augustus M. Kelley, New
York.
9.
Keynes, J.M. (1936). The
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, Macmillan, London.
10. Weintraub,
Sidney (1972). Classical Keynesianism:
Monetary Theory and the Price Level, Green Wood Press, Connecticut.
ECO 103 MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMISTS
Unit-I Number
System, Set Theory and Function (11)
1.1 Number system - Real and Imaginary
1.2 Vector and Vector Spaces, Vector and Points
1.3 Set Theory : Bounded and Unbounded Sets, linear and metric spaces
1.4 Functions : Linear and non-linear trigonometric; convex and concave
Unit-II Matrices
: Operations and Applications (12)
2.1 Elementary Mathematical Operation with
Matrices, Solution of simultaneous equations: Rank of the matrix, matrix
inversion.
2.2 Linear and orthogonal transformations; Concept of quadratic forms-Eigen roots and Eigen Vectors
2.3 Linear Programming ¾ Basic concept; Formulation of a LP problem; Nature of
feasible, basic and optimal solutions; Solution of a LP problem through
graphical and simplex methods; Statement of basic theorems of Linear
Programming; Formulation of the Dual and Its interpretation; Shadow prices and
their uses; Concept of duality and statement of duality theorems.
2.4 Introduction
to Input-Output Analysis: Static – Open and Closed Models.
Unit-III Calculus (11)
3.1 Principles of Differentiation: Rules of Differentiation; Differentiation of Implicit Functions; Partial and total differentiation.
3.2 Maxima and Minima - unconstrained and constrained
3.3 Principles of integration: Indefinite
and Definite Integrals; Applications in Economic Theory.
4.1 Difference Equations: definitions and concepts; Solutions of First order and Second order difference equations.
4.2 Differential
Equations: definitions and concepts; Solutions of First order and Second order
differential equations.
4.3 Applications of difference and differential
equations in Economics.
Basic
Reading List
1. Allen, R.G.D. (1976). Mathematical Analysis for Economists, Macmillan.
2. Bez, K. (1983). An Introduction to Input Output Techniques, N.B.T., Goel Publishing House, Meerut.
3.
Chiang, A.C. (1974). Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics, McGraw Hill and Kogakusha, New Delhi.
4. Handry, A.T. (1999). Operation Research, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
5. Taha, H.A. (1997). Operation Research: An Introduction (6th Edn.). Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
6. Yamane, T. (1973). Mathematics for Economists, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Additional Reading List
1. Baumol, W.J. (1977). Economic Theory and Operations Analysis, Prentice Hall.
2. Baumol, W.J. (1970). Economic Dynamics, Macmillan, London.
3. Hadley, G. (1973). Linear Algebra, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Tokyo.
4. Hadley, G. (1962). Linear Programming, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Massachusetts.
5. Kothari, C.R. (1992). An Introduction to Operation Research, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
6.
Lewis, J.P. (1978). Introduction to
Maths for students
of Economics., Macmillan,
London.
7. Mathur, P.N. and R. Bhardwaj (eds.) (1967). Economic Analysis in Input-Output Research. Input-Output Research Association of India, Pune.
8. Mehta & Madnani (1992). Mathematics for Economists, S. Chand, New Delhi.
9. Monga, G.S. (1972). Mathematics and Statistics for Economists, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
10. Samuelson, P.A. (1967). Foundations of Economic Analysis, McGraw Hill, Tokyo.
ECO 104
MICRO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS-I
Unit-I Consumer Behaviour (12)
1.1 Preference
Ordering: Violation of the
premises of the
indifference curves analysis: Axioms and Utility.
1.2 Revealed
Preference Hypothesis
1.3 Recent
Developments in the Theory of Market Demand: Constant Elasticity Type Demand
Models, Distributed Lag Models
of Demand, Linear Expenditure
Systems, Lancaster's Model
of Consumer Technology.
Unit-II Production and
Costs (12)
2.1 Production Function: Concepts of Elasticity of Production, Elasticity of Substitution, Isoquant, Isocline, Ridge Line
2.2 Homogeneity and Homotheticity
2.3 Cobb-Douglas, CES, VES and Translong production functions and their properties.
2.4 Traditional and modern theories of
Costs – Empirical Evidences: Derivation
of Cost Functions from Production Functions
Unit-III Theory of Firm (11)
3.1 Non-Collusive Oligopolistic Models
of Cournot, Bertrand, Stackelberg, Chamberlin and Sweezy (Kinked
Demand Curve)
3.2 Collusive Models of Oligopoly
3.3 Elements of Games Theory: Definitions; Concept of a game; Strategies – Simple & mixed; Value of a game; Saddle point solution; simple applications.
Unit 4
Economics of Uncertainty (11)
4.1 Individual
behaviour towards risk, expected utility and uncertainty equivalence approaches
4.2 Risk
and risk aversion – sensitivity analysis, gambling and insurance, the economics
of insurance, cost and risk, risk pooling and risk spreading, mean-variance
analysis and portfolio selection
4.3 The
efficient market hypothesis; Market with incomplete information, search and
transaction costs, the economics of information.
Basic Reading List
1. Borch, K.H. (1968). The Economics of Uncertainty, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
2. Deaton, A. and Muelbauer, J. (1980). Economics and Consumer Behaviour, Cambridge University Press.
3. Diamond and Rothschild (Eds.) (1978). Uncertainty in Economics, Academic Press, New York.
4. Henderson, J. and Quandtt, R.A. (1984). Microeconomic Theory, McGrawhill, Tokyo.
5. Johansen, L. (1972). Production Functions, North Holland, London.
6. Koutsoyiannis, A. (1980). Microeconomic Theory, MacMillan.
7. Lancaster, K. (1972). Consumer Demand: A New Approach, Columbia University Press, New York.
8. Layard, P.R.G. and Walters, A.A. (1978). Microeconomic Theory, McGraw Hill, New York.
9. Shepherd, R.W. (1970). Theory of Cost and Production Functions, Princeton University Press, N.J.
10. Varian, H. (2000). Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach (5th Edn.). Affiliated East-West Press Pvt. Ltd.
Additional Reading List
1. Arrow, K.J. and M.D. Intriligator (Eds.) (1981). Handbook of Mathematical Economics, Vol.I, North Holland, Amsterdam.
2. Baumol, W.J. (1985). Economic Theory and Operations Analysis, Prentice Hall.
3. Debreu, G. (1959). Theory of Value, John Wiley, New York.
4.
Ferguson, C.E. (1969). The Neo-Classical Theory of Production and
Distribution, Cambridge University Press, 1969, Chs. 1-6.
5. Gravelle, H. and Rees, R. (1981). Microeconomics, Longman, London.
6.
Green, H.A.J. (1976). Consumer Theory, MacMillan, London.
7. Sen, A. (1999). Microeconomics: Theory and Applications, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
8. Varian, H. (2000). Microeconomic Analysis, W.W. Norton, New York.
ECO
201 MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS-II
Unit-I: The Demand and
Supply of Money (11)
1.1 The supply of money – Measures of money
supply;
1.2 Money Multiplier theory, determinants of
money supply;
1.3 The demand for money - approach of Baumol
1.4 The demand for money – approach of Tobin.
Unit-II: Inflation and Macroeconomics of
an Open Economy (11)
2.1 Inflation - Nature, Theories and Types;
2.2 Inflation and Unemployment - Philips Curve
Analysis; Factor and Goods Markets –
“full” inflation;
2.3 The IS-LM Analysis of an open Economy;
Foreign Trade Multiplier;
2.4 Mundell-Fleming model – the asset market,
expectations and the exchange rate.
Unit-III: Cyclical Fluctuations in the
Economy (11)
3.1 Characteristics of change and movements;
3.2 The
Accelerator and Multiplier
Principles and their Interactions - Business Cycle Models;
3.3 The Samuelson model; the Hicksian model;
3.4 The Goodwin, Kaldor, Schumpeter and Cob-Web
models.
Unit-IV: Modern Theories of Income Distribution (11)
4.1 Kalecki’s Model
4.2 Cartters Model
4.3 Kaldor’s Saving-Investment Model
4.4 Weintraub’s Model.
Basic Reading List
1.
Ackley, G. (1978). Macroeconomics:
Theory and Policy, Macmillan, New York.
2.
Bober, S. (1971). Economics
of Cycles and Growth, Wiley Eastern, New Delhi.
3.
Branson, W.H. (1988). Macroeconomic
Theory and Policy, Universal Book Stall, New Delhi.
4.
Levacic, R. and A. Rebman (1982). Macroeconomics, Macmillan, London.
5.
Mueller, M.G. (ed.) (1977). Readings
in Macroeconomics, Wiley and Sons, New York.
6.
Ott, D., Ott, P, and Yoo, S. (1975). Macroeconomic Theory, McGraw Hill, New York.
7.
Patinkin, D. (1965). Money,
Interest and Prices, Harper and Row, New York.
Additional Reading List
1.
Allen, R.G.D. (1968). Macroeconomic
Theory: A Mathematical Approach, Macmillan, London.
2.
Ball, R.J. and Peter Doyle (1972). Inflation: Selected Readings, Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth,
England.
3.
Baumol, W.J. (1970). Economic
Dynamics, Macmillan, New York.
4.
Blanchard, O.J. and Stanley Fischer (1996). Lectures on Macroeconomics, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi.
5.
Culbertson, J.M. (1971). Macroeconomic
Theory and Stabilization Policy, McGraw Hill, London.
6.
Friedman, M. (Ed)(1956). Studies
in Quantity Theory of Money, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
7.
Frisch, H. (1983). Theories
of Inflation, Cambridge University Press, Cambidge.
8.
Gupta, S.B. (1997). Monetary
Economics, S. Chand and Company, New Delhi.
9.
Makinon, G. E. (1980). Money,
the Price Level and Interest Rates, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
10. Rana,
K.C. and K.N. Verma (1998). Macroeconomic Analysis, Vishal Publications,
Jalandhar.
11. Samuelson,
P.A. (1966). The Collected Scientific
Papers of Paul A. Samuelson, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi.
ECO 202 MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS-II
1.1 Baumol’s Theory of sales revenue maximisation-Static and Dynamic models.
1.2 Marris’ model of Managerial Enterprise; Williamson’s model of Managerial Discretion.
1.3 Behavioural Theory of the Firm-Model of Cyert and March; Hall and Hitch Full Cost Pricing Principle.
1.4 Limit Pricing Principle: Contributions of Bains, Sylos-Labini, Modigliani and Bhagwati.
2.1 Growth of GNP and Welfare. Criteria of Welfare Maximisation. Cardinalists Criterion, Bentham’s Criterion.
2.2 Pareto Optimality Criteria; Compensation Principle.
2.3 Social Welfare Function – Properties and Limitations:
Theory of Second Best.
2.4 Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem; Sen’s Proof of this Theorem: Rawls’ Contributions.
3.1 Walras
model-Properties. Problem of Existence, Uniqueness and Stability of
Equilibrium.
3.2 Excess Demand Function Approach to General Equilibrium Analysis. Fixed Point Theorem and the Existence of the Solution.
3.3 Modern Approach: Input-Output and Linear Programming Model of General Equilibrium. Determination of Output and Price (only Static Open Models).
4.1 Demand and Supply of Inputs: Firm’s and Industry’s Input Demand Curves.
4.2 Monopsony and Monopoly in Input Markets; Unions as Monopolists; Bilateral Monopoly.
4.3 Choice of Optimal Combination of Inputs
4.4 The ‘Adding-Up Problem’; ‘Product Exhaustion’ Theorems – Euler’s and Clark-Wicksteed-Walras Theorems.
Basic Reading List
1. Cyert, R.M. and R. March. (1963). A Behaviourial Theory of the Firm, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
2. Graff, J. Dev. (1957). Theoretical Welfare Economics, Cambridge University Press, New York.
3. Henderson and Quandt (1980). Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach, McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
4. Intriligator, M.D. (1971), Mathematical Optimization and Economic Theory, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
5. Koutsoyannis, A. (1979). Modern Microeconomics. 2nd ed. Macmillan Press, London.
6. Layard, P.R.G. and Walters, A.A. (1978). Microeconomic Theory, McGraw Hill, New York.
7. Little, I.M.D. (1957). Critique of Welfare Economics (2nd edition), Oxford University Press, Oxford.
8. Mathur, P.N. and Bharadwaj, R. (eds.) (1967). Economic Analysis in the Input-Output Research. Input-Output Research Association of India, Pune.
9. Sen, A. (1999). Microeconomics: Theory and Applications, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Additional Reading List
1. Baumol, W.J. (2000). Economic Theory and Operations Analysis (18th edition), Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
2. Stigler, G. (1996). Theory of Price (4th Edition), Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
3. Varian, H. (2000). Microeconomic Analysis, W.W. Norton, New York.
N.B.: The Reading Lists provided for Paper I may also be consulted for this Paper wherever relevant.
203 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Unit-I: Theory of Statistics: Probability and
Distribution (14)
1.1 Statistics -nature and scope. Types of Statistics-descriptive and inferential
1.2 Probability theory - different
concepts and approaches, Laws and Axioms of Probability, conditional
probability and concept of Interdependence, Baye’s theorem and its
applications.
1.3 Concept of random variable: probability, mass and density functions; Expectations, moments and moment generating functions
1.4 Probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson, and Normal.
Unit-II: Correlation and Regression (10)
2.1 Simple correlations and regression analysis; Pearson’s Product Moment Formula and Spearman’s Rank Correlations.
2.2 Concept of least squares and lines of regression; Standard Error of estimate
2.3 Partial and Multiple Correlations, Coefficient of determination
Unit-III: Estimations of Special Functions and
Sampling Theory (10)
3.1 Methods of Estimation Non-linear equations linear in transformation
3.2 Estimation of parabolic, exponential, geometric, modified exponential, Gompertz and Logistic relationships
3.3 Basic concepts of sampling and types of sampling.
Unit-IV: Theory of Estimation and Hypothesis Testing (10)
4.1 Concept of an estimator and its sampling distributions
4.2 Properties of good estimator
4.3 Formulation of statistical Hypotheses-Null and Alternative
4.4 Goodness of fit; confidence interval and level of significance, Hypothesis testing based on Z, t, F, and chi-square tests; Errors of types II and I.
Basic Reading List
1. Chou Y. (1975). Statistical Analysis, Holt, Reinhart, Winston, New York.
2. Croxton, Crowden and Klein (1971). Applied General Statistics, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
3. Goon, A. M., M. K. Gupta and B. Dasgupta (1993). Fundamentals of Statistics Vol. I, The World Press, Calcutta.
4. Hoel, P.G. (1954). Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Wiley and Sons
5. Hogg, R. V. and A. T. Craig (1970). Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York.
6. Miller, J. (1996). Statistics for Advance Level, Cambridge University press, Cambrdge.
7. Rao, C.R. (1965). Linear Statistical Inference and Applications, Wiley and Sons.
8. Sukhatme, P. V. and B. V. Sukhatme (1970). Sampling Theory of Survey with Applications, Iowa State University Press, Ames.
9. Wallis, W.A. (1956). Statistics - A New Approach, The Free Press, Illinnois.
1. Johnson, R.A. and D.W. Wichern (1996). Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi.
2. Medhi, J. (1992). Statistical Methods: An Introductory Text, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi.
3. Nagar, A.L. and R.K. Das (1993). Basic Statistics, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
ECO 204
ECONOMICS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Unit-I: Growth and Inequality (12)
1.1 Economic growth and development ¾ Concepts and approaches, Characteristics of underdevelopment, Constraints of economic development.
1.2 Measurement of economic growth and development ¾ Income, welfare and social indicators (PQLI and HDI).
1.3 Modern concept of economic growth, Factors affecting economic growth ¾ Capital, labor and technology.
1.4 Income distribution in developing countries, Per capita income and human development in developing countries.
2.1 Growth
models ¾ Harrod and Domar,
Instability of equilibrium, Neo-Classical growth models ¾Solow’s model of long-run growth, Growth models of
Meade and Mrs. Joan Robinson.
2.2 Technological progress ¾ Neutral and non-neutral technical change ¾ Hicks and Harrod, Embodied and disembodied technical
progress.
2.3 Production
function approach to economic growth, Growth models of Kaldor and Passinetti,
Feldman model.
2.4 Growth
models in Indian Five Year Plans ¾ Harrod-Domar model, Mahalonobis Two Sector and Four
Sector models, etc.
Unit-III: Theories of Development (11)
3.1 Dualism ¾ Social, technical and financial dualism
3.2 Lewis model of economic development, Ranis
and Fei model, Jorgenson’s model, Criticism.
3.3 Balanced
and unbalanced growth, Linkage effect ¾ Hirschman and Nurkse, Rosenstein Rodan’s Big- Push
theory, The theory of Backwash and Spread effect.
3.4 Stage theories of development ¾ Marx and Rostow.
Unit-IV: Techniques and Problems of Development Planning (11)
4.1 Planning
techniques ¾ Input-output analysis,
Linear programming, Choice of technique.
4.2 Allocation
of resources ¾ Need for investment criteria in developing countries, Present Vs future,
Alternative investment criteria ¾ Capital turnover criterion, SMP criterion,
Reinvestment criterion and Time series criterion.
4.3 Cost
Benefit Analysis, Shadow prices, Project evaluation and UNIDO guidelines.
4.4 Economic development in India ¾ Planning strategy and pattern of investment.
1. Adelman,I.(1961). Theories of Economic Growth and Development, Stanford University Press, Stanford.
2. Behrman,S. And T.N.Srinivasan(1995). Handbook of Development Economics, Vol.3, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
3. Ghatak,S.(1986). An Introduction to Development Economics, Allen and Unwin, London.
4. Higgins, B.(1959).Economic Development, W.W.Norton, New York.
5. Meir, G.M.(1995). Leading Issues in Economic Development, (6th Edition). Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
6. Thirwall, A.P.(1999). Growth and Development, (6th Edition). Macmillan, U.K.
7. Todaro, M.P.(1996). Economic Development, (6th Edition). Longman, London.
1.
Chakravarti, S.(1987). Development Planning: The Indian Experience, Clarendon Press,
Oxford.
2. Dasgupta, P., A.K. Sen and S. Maglin(1972). Guidelines for Project Evaluation, UNIDO, Viena.
3. Hayami, Y.(1997). Development Economics, Oxford University Press, New York.
4. Mishan, E.J. (1975). Cost Benefit Analysis, (2nd Edition). Allen and Unwin, London.
5. Ray, Debraj (1998). Development Economics, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
6. Sen, A.K.(Ed.)(1990). Growth Economics, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
7. Todaro, M.P.(1971). Development Planning: Models and Methods, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
8. United Nations (1994). Human Development Report, United Nations, New York.
ECO
301 INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Unit-I:
Pure Theory of International Trade (11)
1.1 Supply and Demand in International
Trade - Gains from trade under constant and increasing opportunity costs;
Individual and community indifference curves, equilibrium demand and supply.
1.2 Mill’s Theory of Reciprocal Demand;
Marshall's Theory of Offer Curves – elasticity of offer curve.
1.3 Neo-Classical Model of International
Trade - Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem and Theory of Comparative Advantage.
1.4 Modern Theories of International
Trade - Vent-for-Surplus Approach, Availability Approach (I.B.Kravis).
Monopolistic Competition and Trade, Increasing Returns to Scale and Trade,
other technological explanations.
Unit-II:
Trade Effects and the Foreign Exchange Market (11)
2.1 Trade and factor prices -
Factor-price equalization; Factor price and complete specialization.
2.2 Trade and Income Distribution; Trade
and factor intensity reversals; The Leontief Paradox;
2.3 Trade and National Income; The import
function, equilibrium level of national income, trade multiplier; Aim-means
method of achieving equilibrium.
2.4 The Foreign Exchange Market - Demand
for, and Supply of, Foreign exchange; Foreign Exchange Markets - spot and forward markets, premiums and
discounts, hedging, interest arbitrage, speculation.
Unit-III: The Balance of Payments and the Exchange
Rate (11)
3.1 The Balance of Payment Account -
Balance of Payment equilibrium and disequilibrium in the Balance of payments;
Surplus and deficit in the Balance of Payments.
3.2 Adjustment Mechanism in the Balance of Payments – Direct and Indirect
mechanisms.
3.3 The Gold Standard - definition, mechanism, advantages and
disadvantages, operation and collapse; Pegged Exchange rates.
3.4 Flexible Exchange Rates - case for
and against; Fixed Exchange Rates - case for and against; Other effects.
Unit-IV: Growth, Trade and Instruments of Protection (12)
4.1 Trade and Increase in Factor
Endowments - The Rybzynski Theorem.
4.2 Trade and Technical Progress -
Neutral, Capital-saving, and Labour-saving Technical Progress.
4.3 Theory of Tariffs - Stolper-Samuelson
Theorem, measurement of the optimum tariff; Quotas and Quantitative
Restrictions; State Trading Monopolies - Forms and objectives, merits and
demerits.
4.4 Theory of Customs Unions - Trade
creation and diversion, production and consumption effects, other dynamic
effects of Customs Unions.
Basic
Reading List
1.
Bhagwati, J. (Ed.) (1981). International
Trade: Selected Readings, Cambridge University Press, Massachusetts.
2.
Chacholiades, Miltiades (1990). The Pure Theory of International Trade, McGraw Hill, Kogakusha,
Japan.
3.
Heller, H. Robert (1988). International
Trade: Theory and Empirical Evidence, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi
4.
Kenen, Peter B. (1989). The
International Economy, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5.
Kindleberger, C.P. (1977). International
Economics, D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Pvt. Ltd., Bombay.
6.
Meade, James Edward (1952). A
Geometry of International Trade, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London.
7.
Roy, P.N. (1986). International
Trade: Theory and Practice, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi.
8.
Sodersten, Bo (1991). International
Economics, The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.
Additional Reading List
1.
Batra, Raveendra N. (1975). The
Pure Theory of International Trade under Uncertainty, The Macmillan Press
Ltd., London.
2.
Carbough, R.J. (1999). International
Economics, International Thompson Publishing, New York.
3.
Cherunilam, Francis (1988). International
Economics, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi.
4.
Dana, M.S. (2000). International
Economics: Study, Guide and Work Book, Routledge Publishers, London.
5.
Dunn, R.M. and J.H.Mutti (2000). International Economics, Routledge Publishers, London.
6.
Ellsworth, P.T. and J.C.Leith (1975). The International Economy, The Macmillan Company, New York.
7.
Haberler, G. (1937). The
Theory of International Trade, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London.
8.
Heller, H. Robert (1968). International
Monetary Economics, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
9.
Johnson, H.G. (1967). International
Trade and Economic Growth, Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
10. Kemp,
K.C. (1964). The Pure Theory of
International Trade, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
11. Neihans,
J. (1984). International Monetary
Economics, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
12. Salvatore,
D. (1997). International Economics,
Prentice Hall, New York.
ECO 302 ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL SECTOR-I
Unit-I: Basic Environmental Issues (11)
1.1 Environment and ecology, linkages between ecology, environment and economic systems
1.2 Material balance approach, environment-development trade-offs
1.3 Uncertainty, irreversibility, inter-temporal efficiency, inter-generational equity
1.4 Sustainable development ¾ concepts and indicators; sustainable accountings, environmental Kuznets curve.
Unit-II: Welfare Economics, Social Sectors and Environment (12)
2.1 Pareto optimality and competitive equilibrium
2.2 Theories
of externality and public goods: Pigou and Coase, Property rights and
transaction costs, market failures and corrective actions, prices vs.
quantities
2.3 Optimal
provision of public goods ¾ Lindahl’s equilibrium; common property resources
Unit-III: Environmental
Valuation (11)
3.1 Environmental
valuation; Environmental damages/benefits, social cost benefit analysis
3.2 Use values, option values and non-use values ¾ total economic value
3.3 Valuation
techniques; production based, contingent valuation, hedonic-pricing, travel
cost method, risk assessment, environmental impact assessment.
Unit-IV: Economics of Resource Management and Sustainable Development (11)
4.1 Theories
of optimal use of exhaustible and renewable resources
4.2 Integrated environmental and Economic accounting and the measurement of environmentally corrected GDP.
4.3 Energy
and Environment – Resource Scarcity, Pricing of Resources.
Basic Reading List
1. Baumol, W.J. and W.E. Oates (1988). The Theory of Environmental Policy (2nd Edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2. Fisher, A.C. (1981). Resource and Environmental Economics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3. Hanley N., J.F. Shogren and B. White (1997). Environmental Economics in Theory and Practice, Macmillan.
4. Kolstad, C.D. (1999). Environmental Economics, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
5. Pearce, D.W. and R. Turner (1991). Economics of Natural Resource Use and Environment, John Hopkins Press, Baltimore.
6. Tietenberg, T. (1994). Environmental Economics and Policy, Harper Collins, New York.
1. Coase, R. (1960). “The Problem of Social Cost”, Journal of Law and Economics, October.
2. Dorfman and Dorfman (1977). Economics of the Environment, 2nd Edn. W.W. Norton, New York.
3. Freeman A. Myrick III (1979). The Benefits of Environmental Improvement, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
4. Gibbons, R. (1992). Game Theory for Applied Economists, Princeton University Press.
5. Kanemoto, Y. (1988). “Hedonic Price and the Benefits of Public Projects”, Econometrica, 56, 981-989.
6. Kelly, D.L. (1997). “On Kuznets Curves Arising from Stock Externalities”, Dept. of Economics Working Paper, University of California, Santa Barbara, Oct.
7. Kreps, D.M. (1990). A Course in Microeconomic Theory, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
8. Laffont, J. and J. Laffont (1977). “More on Prices vs. Quantities”, Review of Economic Studies, 44: 177-186.
9. Pigou, A.C. (1962). The Economics of Welfare, 4th Edn., Macmillan, London.
10. Shafik, N. (1994). Economic Development and Environmental Quality: An Econometric Analysis, Oxford Economic Papers, 46: 757-773.
11. Shafik, N. and S. Bandyopadhyay (1992). Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Time Series and Cross-Country Evidence, Policy Research Working Paper WPS 904, The World Bank, Washington DC.
12. Shankar, U. (Ed.) (2001). Environmental Economics, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
ECO 401
ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL SECTOR-II
Unit–I: Environmental Problems (11)
1.1
Environmental trends in
developed and developing countries
1.2
Environmental pollution:
Air & Water
1.3
Land use: Deforestation,
urbanization and their impact on Environment
1.4 Environmental Costs of Economic Growth, Limits to Growth
Unit–II:
Environment and Natural Resource Problem in India (11)
2.1
Population, poverty and
the environment; with a special reference to North-East India.
2.2
Environmental resources
of North – East India - land, forest,
water, mineral and the climate – Economic backwardness with rich environmental
resource base.
2.3
People`s participation
in the management of commons and forest trade; the institution of joint forest
management, social forestry- rationale and benefits.
3.1 Human capital Vs. physical capital, components
of human capital. Education and economic growth. Expenditure on education
private costs and social costs.
3.2 Demand for education – Private demand and
Social demand. Cost of Education – Expenditure on Education, Private and Social
Costs.
3.3 Direct
and indirect benefits, private and social benefits of education – cost benefit
analysis; production function models.
Unit-IV: Economics of Health
3.1
Health dimension of
development; Determinants of health – Poverty & Malnutrition.
3.2
Economic dimension of
health care – demand and supply of health care.
3.3
Theory of Production of
health care; inequalities in health – class & gender perspectives.
Basic Reading List
1. Berman, P. (Ed) (1995). Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Making Health Development Sustainable, Boston: Harvard series on population and International Health.
2. Blaug, M. (1972). Introduction to Economics of Education, Penguin, London.
3. Cohen, E. and T. Gaske (1989). Economics of Education, Pergamoun Press, London.
4. Fisher, A.C (1981). Resource and Environmental Economics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
5. Hanley, N., J.F. Shogern and B. White (1997). Environmental Economics in Theory and Practice, Macmillan.
6. Jeroon, C.J.M., Vamden Bersh (1999). Handbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK.
7. Klarman, H.E. (1965). The Economics of Health, Columbia University Press, New York.
8. Mc Mohan (1999). Education and Development : Measuring the Social Benefits, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
9. Pearce and Turner (1991). Economics of Natural Resource and Environment, John Hopkins Press, Baltimore.
10. Perman, R., Y. Ma and Mc Gilvary (1996). Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Logman, London.
11. Tilak, J.B.G. (1994). Education for Development in Asia, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
12. Vaizoy (1962). Economics of Education, Faber and Faber, London.
13. Woodhall, M. (1992). Cost Benefit Analysis in Educational Planning, UNESCO, Paris.
14. World Bank (1993). The World Development Report, 1993: Investing in Health, O.U.P., New York.
Additional Reading List
1. Becker, G.S. (1974). Human Capital (2nd Edn.). National Bureau of Economic Research, New York.
2. Boland, J.M. and J.P. Plateau (1994). Halting Degradation of Natural Resources: Is there a Role of Rural Communities, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
3. Crones, R. and T. Sandler (1989). The Theory of Externalities and Public Goods, C.U.P., Cambridge.
4. Dasgupta and Maler (Ed.) (1997). Environment and Emerging Development Issues, C.U.P., Cambridge.
5. Dasgupta, P. (1982). The Control of Resources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
6. Dasgupta, P.S. and G.M. Heal (1995). Economic Theory and Exhaustible Resources, C.U.P., Cambridge.
7. Larsen, B. and A. Shaw (1994). Global Tradable Carbon Permits, Participation Incentives and Transfers, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol.46.
8. Mehta, Mundle and U. Sankar (1995). Controlling Pollution: Incentives and Regulation, SAGE, New Delhi.
9. Ostrom, E. (1990). Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Actions, C.U.P.
10. Panchamukhi, P.R. (1980). “Economics of Health: A Trend Report” in ICSSR, A Survey of Research in Economics, Vol.VI, Infrastructure, Allied, Delhi.
11. Schultz, T.W. (1971). Investment in Human Capital, Free Press, New York.
ECO 402 INDIAN ECONOMIC POLICY
Unit-I: Economic Development and its determinants (11)
1.1 Approaches to Development and its measurement – sustainable development, Role of State, market and other institutions.
1.2 Indicators of development, PQLI, HDI and gender development indices
1.3 Planning in India: Failures and achievements of plans; grass-root organization Structural
1.4 Price Policy and Inflation.
Unit-II: Demographic
features, poverty and inequality (11)
2.1 Structural Changes in the Indian Economy, regional imbalances.
2.2 Demographic features of Indian population and its implications to land relations
2.3 Poverty and inequality: measurement, temporal change; inequalities across regions and social groups.
2.4 Social infrastructure: education and Health
3.1 Institutional structure of agriculture: landholding
and land reforms, pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs.
3.2 Terms of trade between agriculture and industry; agricultural finance policy; Food security
3.3 Industrial policy, public sector enterprises and their
performance, privatization and disinvestments debate;
3.1 Growth and pattern of industrialization; issues in labour market reforms, employment generation
Unit-IV Reforms in
Indian Economy (11)
4.1 Financial sector reforms: interest rate policy and monetary policy
4.2 Structure and direction of foreign trade, balance of payments
4.3 Exim policy and FEMA; Exchange rate policy
4.4 Foreign capital and MNCs in India, Trade reforms.
Basic Reading List
1. Ahluwalia, I. J. and IMD Little (Eds.) (1998). India’s Economic Reforms and Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
2. Bardhan, P. K. (1999). Political Economy of Development in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
3. Brahmananda, P.R. and V.R. Panchmukhi (Eds.) (2001). Development Experience in The Indian Economy: Inter-State Perspectives, Bookwell, Delhi.
4. Chakravarty, S. (1987). Development Planning: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
5. Dantwala, M.L. (1996). Dilemas of Growth: The Indian Experience, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Government of India (1993). Report of the Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor, Planning Commission, Perspective Planning Division, New Delhi.
7. Government of India, Economic Survey (Annual issues). Ministry of Finance, New Delhi.
8. Jalan, B. (1996). Indian Economic Policy ¾ Preparing for the Twenty First Century, Viking, New Delhi.
9. Joshi, V. and I.M.D. Little (1999). India: Macro Economics and Political Economy, 1964-1991, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
10. Parikh, K.S. (1999). India Development Report ¾ 1999-2000, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
11. Reserve Bank of India, Report on Currency and Finance, (Annual).
12. Sandesara, J. C. (1992). Industrial Policy and Planning, 1947-91: Tendencies, Interpretation and Issues, Sage Publication, New Delhi.
1.
Dubey, A. and S. Gangopadhyay
(1998). Counting the Poor: Where are the Poor in India, Sarvekshana: Analytical Report, No. 1, February.
2.
Government of India
(1979). Report of the Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective
Consumption Demand, Planning Commission, Perspective Planning Division, New
Delhi.
3.
ILO (1999): Key Indicators of the Labour Market,
International Labour Organization, Geneva.
5. Ray, D. (1998). Development Economics, New Delhi Oxford University Press.
6.
Srinivasan, T. N. and H.
B. Chenery (1987). Handbook of
Development Economics: Vol. I and II, North-Holland Publications,
Amsterdam.
ECO 3001
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS-I
Unit I: Introduction and Firm’s Behaviour (11)
1.1 Introduction and scope of Industrial Economics
1.2 Types and choice of organizational firm – ownership and control. Passive and active behaviour of firm.
1.3 The firm and its objectives - Non profit maximizing models
1.4 Cost theory and optimum size of a firm
Unit II: Market and Industrial Efficiency (11)
2.1 Market structure and market conduct, Product differentiation and Advertisement
2.2 Market concentration, its measurement and effects on market Performance
2.3 Diversification, Integration and Merger
2.4 Industrial Efficiency: concept, determinants, measurement and decision making process
3.2 Social cost benefit analysis, balancing private and social returns
3.3 Industrial finance and accounting: owned, external and other components of funds, Financial statements – Balance sheet; Profit & Loss Account
3.4 Analysis of financial ratios and their relationships: assessment of financial soundness.
Unit IV: Theories of Firms and Industrial Locational Analysis (11)
4.1 Determinants of profitability and pricing decisions: Product pricing
4.2 Research & Development and Innovation
4.3 Theories of growth of firm: Constrained on growth.
4.4 Industrial location Analysis: determinants of Industrial location, Theories of Industrial location factors affecting location.
Basic Reading List
1. Bain, J.E. (1959). Industrial Organization, Wiley and sons, New York.
2.
Barthwal, R.R. (1996). Industrial
Economics: An Introduction Text Book, VIth
ed., New age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi.
3.
Hay, A.D. and Morris
Derek J. (1991). Industrial Economics and
Organisation: Theory and Evidence, Oxford University Press.
4. Smith, D.M. (1971). Industrial location: an Economic and Geographic Analysis, John Wiley, New York.
5. Divine, P.J. and R.M. Jones et al. (1976). An Introduction to Industrial Economics, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London.
Additional Reading List
1.
Clarkson, K.W. and R.
Millar (1985). Industrial Organisation:
Theory, Evidence and Public Policy, McGraw-Hill, Kogakusha, Tokyo.
2. Cyret, R.M. and J.G. March (1963). Behavioral Theory of the Firm, Engelwood cliffs.
3. Ghosh, P.K. (1977). Government and Industry, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
4. Hennah, L. and J. Kay (1977). Concentration of Modern Industry, Macmillan, London.
5. Israd, W. (1956). Location and Space Economy, John Wiley, New York.
6. Koutosyiannis, A. (1979). Modern Microeconomics, Macmillan, New York.
7. Shepherd, W.G. (1979). Economics of Industrial Organisation, Prentice Hall.
ECO 3002 LABOUR ECONOMICS-I
Unit-I: Labour in the Economy and the
Labour Economic Theory (11)
1.1 The
Labour Force: Labour Supply – Measuring
the Labour Force, the Workers Preferences, the Time and Budget Constraints, the
Hours of Work Decision, Welfare Programs and Work Incentives, Labour Supply of Women.
1.2 Labour
Demand: Production and Profit Functions, Derivation of Labour Demand function,
Profit Function (Lav and Yotopoulos); Long Run Demand Curve for Labour., Adjustment Costs and Labour Demand.
1.3 Labour
Market Equilibrium: Equilibrium in a Single Competitive Labour Market,
Competitive Equilibrium Across Labour Markets, the Impact of Minimum Wages,
Non-Competitive Labour Markets, Wages and Employment in the Public Sector.
Unit-II:
Economic Problem: Wages, Employment and Collective Bargaining (11)
2.1 Theory
of Wages: Marginal Productivity Theory, Institutional Economics and Wage
Determinant, Dual Labour Market Theory, Wage Differentials, Compensating Wage
Differentials and the Hedonic Wage Function.
2.2 Employment:
Wage Rates and Unemployment, Machinery and Unemployment, Taxes and
Unemployment, Wage Policy and the Business Cycle, Reducing Unemployment: Public
Policies.
2.3 Collective
Bargaining: The Economic Sanctions of Collective Bargaining, Bargaining Power
in Collective Bargains, Counteracting Pressures, Employer’s Resistance, Price and Wage Distortions, the Potential
Impact on Union.
Unit-III: Labour Efficiency, Migration
and Mobility (11)
3.1 Alternative
Pay Schemes and Labour Efficiency: Economics of Fringe Benefits, Theory of
Optimal Fringe Benefits, Efficiency Wage Payments, Deferred Payment Schemes,
Labour Market Efficiency Revisited.
3.2 Human
Capital Approach and Efficiency: Education in the Labour Market, the Schooling
Model.
3.3 Types
of Labour Mobility: Migration as an Investment in Human Capital, the
Determinants of Migration, the Consequences of Migration, Immigration Policy
and Issues.
Unit-IV:
Labour Market Discrimination, Trade Union and Labour Issues of the Future (11)
4.1 Labour
Market Discrimination: Race and Gender in the Labour Market, Employer’s
Discrimination, Employee Discrimination, Measuring Discrimination.
4.2 Trade Unions – Labour Unionism: Facts and Figures, A Model
of the Bargaining Process, Union Wage Effects, the Exit-Voice Hypothesis,
Unions and Resource Allocation.
4.3 Labour Issues of the Future: The Decade Ahead: Economic
Problem, Human Resource Problems, Internal Trade Union Problems and Collective
Bargaining, Looking into the 21st Century.
Basic
Reading List
1.
Arthur D. Butler (1972),
Labour Economics and Institutions,
American Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
2.
Campbell R. McConnell
and Brue, Stanley L. (1995), Contemporary
Labour Economics, McGraw Hill Companies Inc., New York.
3.
F. Ray Marshall, Vernon
M. Briggs, J. and Allan G. King (1984). Labour
Economics, Richard D. Irwin Inc. Homewood, Illinois.
4.
George J. Borjas (1996).
Labour Economics, McGraw Hill
Companies Inc., New York.
5.
Richard A. Lester
(1986). Economics of Labour, The
Macmillan Company, New York.
Additional Reading List
1.
Jhabvala, R. and R.K.
Subrahmanya (eds.). (2000). The Unorganised Sector: Work Security and Social
Protection, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
2.
Rees, A. (1973). Economics
of Work and Pay, Harper and Row, New York.
3.
Solow, R.M. (1990). Labour
Maket as an Institution, Blackwell, London.
4.
Sen, A.K. (1975). Employment,
Technology and Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
5.
Kannapon, S. (1983). Employment
Problems and Urban Labour Markets in Developing Countries, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
ECO 3003
ECONOMETRICS-I
Unit-I:
Basic Econometrics (12)
1.1 Nature, meaning and scope of econometrics, distinction between Statistics and Econometrics; two variable linear regression model ¾ assumptions, estimation through OLS, properties of estimators ¾ Gauss-Markov theorem.
1.2 General linear regression model ¾ assumptions, estimation and properties of estimators. Deviation from classical linear regression assumption (non-spherical case) and generalised least square.
1.3
Problems of
heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation and multicollinearity ¾ Nature, test, consequences and remedial measures.
1.3 Estimation of non-linear equations and some specific functions like Parabolic, exponential, geometric, hyperbolic, modified exponential; gomertz and logistic functions.
2.1 Dummy variable ¾ Testing structural stability of regression models. Dummy variable trap
2.2 Regression with dummy dependent variables ¾ LPM, Logit, Probit and Tobit models ¾ their applications.
2.3 Principal component analysis
3.1 Autoregressive and distributed lag models ¾ Koyck’s approach, partial adjustment and adaptive expectations model, instrumental variables
3.2 Problem of auto-correlation ¾ Application; Almon approach to distributed-lag models
3.3 Error correlation mechanism, causality test, Granger test and Sim’s test, exogeneity.
4.1 Application of single equation technique in demand analysis ¾ Aggression problem, Engle’s Law, Slutsky’s theorem,
the consumer’s allocation problem ¾ model in relative prices, aggregation over consumers
4.2 Estimation of demand function under
different conditions, properties of the estimators ¾ static and dynamic analysis.
4.3
Estimation of consumption function ¾ Cross section and time series.
4.4 Estimation of Production functions: Cobb Douglas &
C.E.S.
1. Baltagi, B.H. (1998). Econometrics, Springer, New York.
2. Chow, G.C. (1983). Econometrics, McGraw Hill, New York.
3. Goldberger, A.S. (1998). Introductory Econometrics, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
4. Green, W. (2000). Econometrics, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
5. Gujarati, D.N. (1995). Basic Econometrics (2nd Edn.). McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
6. Johnston, J. (1991). Econometric Methods (3rd Edn.). McGraw Hill, London.
7. Koutsoyiannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics (2nd Edn.). The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.
8. Maddala, G.S. (1997). Econometrics, McGraw Hill; New York.
9. Theil, H. (1981). Introduction to Econometrics, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
1. Intrilligator, M.D. (1978). Econometric Models, Techniques and Applications, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
2. Intrilligator, M.D. and Z. Griliches (1983). Handbook of Econometrics, Vol. I & II, North Holland, Amsterdam.
3. Johnston, J. and J. Di Nardo (1997). Econometric Methods, McGraw Hill.
4. Pindyek, R.S. and D.L. Rubinfield (1976). Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts; McGraw Hill-Kogakusha, Tokyo.
5. Theil, H. (1971). Principles of Econometrics, J. Wiley, New York.
ECO 3004
DEMOGRAPHY-I
1.1 Meaning and scope of demography, components of population growth and their inter-dependence, Measures of population change, structure, distribution and sources of population data.
1.2 Theories of population ¾ Malthus, Optimum theory of population
1.3 Theory of
demographic transition ¾ View of Medows, Enke and Simon
1.4 Population and development
Unit-II: Structure of Population (11)
2.1 Population trends in the twentieth century, population explosion ¾ its dynamics
2.2 International aspects of population growth and distribution
2.3 Pattern of age and sex structure in more developed and less developed countries; Determinants of age and sex structure
2.4 Demographic effects of sex and age structure, economic and social implications, Age pyramids projections.
Unit-III:
Fertility, Nuptiality and Mortality (11)
3.1 Fertility
¾ Emerging issues in
fertility control, Fertility analysis, Social structure and Fertility change.
3.2 Nuptiality ¾ Concept and analysis of marital status; Single mean age at marriage, synthetic cohort methods, Trends in age at marriage.
3.3 Mortality: Death rates, crude age-specific, Mortality at birth and infant mortality rate; Sex and age pattern of mortality, Factors for decline in mortality in recent past, Levels and trends of mortality rate in advanced and less advanced countries.
3.4
Unit-IV: Migration and Urbanization (11)
4.1 Internal and international migration flows: some recent development in Asia; Internal migration ¾ Its effect on population growth and pattern, Factors affecting migration.
4.2 Theories of migration related to internal migration,
process shaping international migration flows, Dynamics of the international
migration process.
4.3 Urbanization ¾ Growth and distribution of rural-urban population in
developed and developing countries.
4.4 Population growth, employment and housing in mega cities
in developing countries, the question of mega city transformations.
Basic Reading List
1.
Amsden, A.H. (ed.)
(1980). The Economics of Women and Work, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
2.
Baud, I.S.A. (1992). Form
of Production and Women’s Labour, Gender Aspects of Industrialization in India
and Mexico, Sage, New Delhi.
3.
Bogue, D.J. (1971). Principles
of Demography, John Wiley, New York.
4.
Bogue, D.J. (1971). Principles
of Demography, John Wiley, New York.
5.
Boserup, E. (1970). Women’s
Role in Economic Development, George Allen and Unwin, London.
6.
Chenery, H. and .N.
Srinivasan (eds.) (1989). Handbook of Development Economics, Vol.1 &
2 Elsevier, Amsterdam.
7.
Chiang, C.L. (1974). Life
Tables and Mortality Analysis, W.H.O., Geneva.
8.
Coale, A.J. and E.M.
Hoover (1958). Population Growth and Economic Development in Low Income
Countries: A Case Study of India’s Prospects, Princeton University Press,
Princeton.
9.
King, M. and M.A. Hill
(eds.) (1993). Women’s Education in Developing Countries: Barriers,
Benefits and Politics, John Hopkins, Baltimore.
Additional Reading List
1.
Lewis (ed.) (1989). Strengthening
the Poor: What Have We Learnt, OECD, Paris.
2.
Novell, C. (1988). Methods
and Models in Demography, Bellhaven Press, London.
3.
Proceedings of the
International Population Conference (1989). Population: Today and Tomorrow –
Policies, theories and Methodologies, Vol. I, II and III, B.R. Publishing
Corporation, Delhi.
4.
Simon, J.L. (1992). Population
and Development in Poor Countries, Princeton University Press.
5.
Srinivasan, K. (1998). Basic
Demographic Techniques and Applications, Sage, New Delhi.
6.
Styrock, H. et al.
(1973). The Methods and Materials of Demography, US Department of
Commerce, Washington, D.C.
7.
United Nations (1973). The
Determinants and Consequences of Population Trends, Vol.1, UNO
Publications, New York.
ECO 3005 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-I
Unit-I:
Agriculture and Economic Development (11)
1.1 Nature,
scope and issues of agricultural economics, organizational structure of
agriculture; Role of agriculture in economic development
1.2 Interdependence
between agriculture and industry ¾ Some empirical evidence
1.3 Models
of interaction between agriculture and the rest of the economy, Agricultural
development
1.4 Agricultural
diversification, development of agro-based industries.
2.1 Use of land, water and energy, rural social infrastructure-education and health
2.2 Land reforms ¾ Land distribution ¾ Structure and trends, Land values and rent, Land tenures and farming systems ¾ Peasant, capitalist and state farmings
2.3 Tenancy and crop sharings ¾ Forms, incidence and effects; Land reform measures and performance
2.4 Women and land reforms, problems of marginal and small farmers.
3.1 Agricultural production ¾ Resource use and efficiency, production function analysis in agriculture, factor combination and resource substitution, cost and supply curves
3.2 Farm size and laws of returns ¾ Theoretical and empirical findings
3.3 Farm budgeting and cost concepts, supply response of individual crops and aggregate supply
3.4 Resource use efficiency in traditional agriculture, technical change, labour absorption.
4.1 Rural labour supply, interlocking of factor markets, mobility of labour and segmentation in labour markets
4.2 Marginalisation of rural labour, nature, extent and trends in rural employment
4.3 Agricultural wages in India, Male-Female wage differences, non-agricultural rural employment ¾ Trends and determinants.
1. Bhandari, A. (1984). The Economic Structure of Backward Agriculture, Macmillan, Delhi.
2. Dantwala, M.L. (et al.) (1991). Indian Agricultural Development since Independence, Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.
3. Griffin, K. (1973). Political Economy of Agrarian Change.
4. Joshi, P.C. (1975). Land Reforms in India: Trends and Prospects, Allied Publishers, Bombay.
5. Raj, Sen Rao (1982). Dharm Narain: Studies on Indian Agriculture, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi.
6. Rao, C.H.H. (1975). Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty and Environmental Degradation in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
7. Rudra, A. (1982). Indian Agricultural Economics: Myths and Reality, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
8. Saini, G.R. (1979). Farm Size, Resource Use Efficiency and Income Distribution, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
1. Appu, P.S. (1996). Land Reforms in India, Vikas, New Delhi.
2. Bardhan (1984). Land Labour and Rural Poverty, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi.
3. Bhardwaj, K. (1974). Production Conditions in Indian Agriculture, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
4. Brahmananda, P.R. and V.R. Panchamukhi (Eds.) (1987). The Development Process of the Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay.
5. Chandra and Sharma (1997). Growth Employment and Poverty: Change and Continuity in Rural India, Vikas Publishing, New Delhi.
6. Chatak, S. and K. Ingerscent (1984). Agriculture and Economic Development, Select Books, New Delhi.
7. Chaudhary, P. (1972). Readings in Indian Agricultural Development, George Allen & Unwin, London.
8. Dantwala, M.L. (1996). Dilemmas of Growth, the Indian Experience, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
9. Government of India, Five-Year Plans, New Delhi.
10. Haque T. and A.S. Sirohi (1986). Agrarian Reforms and Institutional Changes in India, Concept Publishing House, New Delhi.
11. Meier, G.M. (1995). Leading Issues in Economic Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
12. Raj, K.N. et al. (1988). Essays in the Commercialisation of Indian Agriculture, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi.
13. Soni, R.N. (1995). Leading Issues in Agricultural Economics, Arihant Press, Jalandhar.
14. Thanarajakshi, R. (1994). Intersectoral Relationship in a Developing Economy, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.
15. Wanmali, S. and C. Ramasamy (Eds.) (1995). Developing Rural Infrastructure, Macmillan, New Delhi.
ECO 3006
ECONOMICS OF GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT-I
Unit-I: Social Structure, Private Ownership, Market
and Women (11)
1.1 Evolution
of human society: Transformation from matrilineal to patrilineal social
structure ¾ change in status of
women.
1.2 Genesis of private ownership and the creation of Phallocentric social order.
1.3 Gender and the process of economic development.
1.4 Market, Mobility and Women.
Unit-II:
Economics and Gender Bias (11)
2.1
Feminist criticism of
development indices (Gary Becker)
2.2 Theories of Gender inequality: Biological and Structural
2.3 Theories of Gender inequality: Feminist
2.4
Feminist reading of
Economic Laws: Marginal Productivity Theory and Laws of Maximisation.
Unit-III: Economic Activity and Women (11)
3.1 Concept and analysis of women’s work: Valuation of productive and unproductive work ¾ visible and invisible works ¾ Economically productive and socially productive work.
3.2 Women in pre-industrial and industrial societies.
3.3 Female contribution to National Income.
3.4 Work efficiency and women.
Unit-IV: Women: Demographic Aspects (11)
4.1 Demography of female population: Age structure, Mortality
rates and Sex ratio.
4.2 Causes of declining sex ratios and
fertility rates in LDCs with special reference to India
4.3 Theories and measurement of fertility and its control.
4.4 Gender and population control policy with special
reference to India.
Basic Reading List
1. Amsden, A.H. (ed.). (1980). The Economics of Women and Work, Penguin, Harmondswosrth.
2. Boserup, E. (1970). Women’s Role in Economic Development, George Allen and Unwin, London.
3. Engles, F. (1985). The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Progress Publications, Moscow.
4. Kabeer, N. (1994). Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought, Kali for Women, New Delhi.
5. Krishnaraj, M., R.M. Sudarshan and A. Shariff (1999). Gender, Population and Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
6. Kuhn, A. and A.N. Wolpe (eds.). (1978). Feminism and Materialism, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.
7. Mies, M. (1998). Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour, Zed Books, London.
8. Mitra, A. (1979). Implications of Declining Sex Ratio in India’s Population, Allied, New Delhi.
9. Sen, G. and K. Brown (1987). Development, Crises and Alternative Visions, Monthly Review Press, New York.
10. Seth, M. (2000). Women and Development: The Indian Experience, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
Additional Reading List
1. Agnihotri, S.B. (2000). Sex Ratio in Indian Population: A Fresh Exploration, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
2. Desai, N. and M.K. Raj (eds.). (1979). Women and Society in India, Research Centre for Women Studies, SNDT University, Bombay.
3. Dwyer, D. and J. Bruce (eds.). (1988). A Home Divided: Women and Income in the Third World, Standard University Press, Stanford.
4. Government of India (1974). Towards Equality ¾ Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India, Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi.
5. ILO (1978). Women’s Participation in the Economic Activity of Asian Countries, ILO, Geneva.
6. Papola, T.S. and A.N. Sharma (eds.). (1999). Gender and Employment in India, Vikas, New Delhi.
7. Schultz, T.P. (1988). “Education Investments and Returns”, in Chenery, H.B. and T.N. Srinivasan, The Handbook of Development Economics, North Holland, New York.
8. Seth, M. (2000). Women and Development: The Indian Experiences, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
9. Yong, K. et al. (eds.). (1987). Serving Two Masters, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.
ECO
3007 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS-I
Unit-I: Fundamentals of Computer (11)
1.1 Basic
Components of a Computer – CPU, I/O Devices, Data Storage and Retrieval, Hard
Disk.
1.2 Types
of Computer and their applications, Computer Net-working and Resource Sharing,
Hardware, Software and Firmware.
1.3 Operating
Systems, DISK OPERATING SYSTEM, WINDOWS as an Operating System.
1.4 Logical
Organization of the Disk in the Disk Operating System, Bit and Byte, Tracks,
Cylinders and Sectors, System area, Boot, FAT and Directory Areas, Data Area.
Unit-II: Data Structure and Operations (11)
2.1 Data
and Data Structure, Record and File, File handling and operations like opening,
appending, cascading, closing and attribute control, Data Storage and
Retrieval.
2.2 Data
base Concepts and Data base operations.
2.3 Sorting,
Merging, Joining and bifurcation, Important methods.
2.4 Arrays
and Matrices, Basic operations on matrices.
Unit-III: Basic Statistics and Computer Applications (12)
3.1 Series,
Groups, Tables, Graphs and Objects; Time and Frequency Series.Summary
Statistics; Measures of Central tendency and Dispersion, Correlation, Partial
and Multiple correlation.
3.2
Regression Analysis,
Bi-variate and Multi-variate Regression Analysis. Test of hypotheses regarding
linearity, tests regarding fit (R square and F) and regression coefficients (t
test).
3.3
Time Series: Trends and
Cyclical variations. Random variations. Forecasting.
3.4 Analysis
of Residuals in Regression analysis. Heteroskedasticity and auto-correlation. Weighted Least Squares and
Generalized Least Squares. Minimum Absolute Deviation Estimation.
Unit-IV: Software-based Analysis (10)
4.1 SPSS/STATISTICA:
A package for Statistical Analysis in Social Sciences. Basic Operations; File,
Edit, View, Data, Transformation, Graph and Utilities.
4.2 Statistical
Analysis using SPSS/STATISTICA: Summary, Tabulation and Comparison of Summary
Statistics.
4.3 Correlation
and Regression (Linear and Non-linear) using SPSS/STATISTICA. Analysis of Time
Series using SPSS.
4.4 Inter-facing
SPSS/STATISTICA with other Software packages. Use of MS-WORD and EXCEL and
ACCESS in combination with SPSS.
Basic Readings List
1. Johnston, J (1991). Econometric Methods, McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
2.
Krishnamurthy, E V and S K Sen (1992). Computer-Based Numerical Algorithms, Affiliated East-West Press,
New Delhi.
3. Lipschultz, M M and S Lipschultz (1982). Theory and Problems of Data Processing, Schum’s Outline Series, McGraw Hill, New York.
4. Mishra, S K and J C Binwal (1991). Computer Applications in Social Science Research, Vikas, Delhi.
5. Rajaraman, V (1996). Fundamental of Computers, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
6. Sanders, D H (1988). Computer Today, McGraw Hill (3 Ed.) New York.
7. Sinha, P K (1992). Compute Fundamentals, BPB Publications, New Delhi.
8. Wirth, N (1988). Algorithms+ Data Structures = Programs, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
Additional Reading List
1. Gujarati, D.N. (1995). Basic Econometrics (2nd Edn.). McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
2. Koutsoyiannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics (2nd Edn.). The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.
3. Maddala, G.S. (1997). Econometrics, McGraw Hill; New York.
4. Norton, Peter and R Jourdain (1989). The Hard Disk Companion, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
5. Rajasekaran, S (1986). Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering, A H Wheeler, Allahabad.
ECO 3008
ECONOMICS OF INFRASTRUCTURE-I
Unit-I: Introduction (11)
1.1 Infrastructure and economic development ¾ Infrastructure as a public good; Social and physical infrastructure; Special characteristics of public utilities.
1.2 Power Sector: the peak-load and Off-Load Problem, Dual Principle Controversy.
1.3 Economies of scale of Joint Supply.
1.4 Marginal Cost Pricing vs. other methods of pricing in public utilities; Cross-subsidization ¾ free prices, equity and efficiency.
Unit-II: Transport Economics (11)
2.1 The structure of Transport Costs and Location of Economic Activities.
2.2 Demand for Transport Models of Freight and Passenger Demand. Model Choice; Cost Functions in the Transport Sector.
2.3 Principle of Pricing.
2.4 Special Problems of Individuals Modes of Transport; Inter-modal condition in the Indian Situation.
Unit-III:
Communications (11)
3.1 Rate-making in Telephone Utilities.
3.2 Principles of Decreasing Costs in
Telephone Industry.
3.3 Characteristics of Postal Services.
Criteria for Fixation of Postal Rates.
3.4 Measurement of Standards of Service in
Telephone and Postal Utilities.
Unit-IV: Energy Economics (11)
5.1 Primacy of Energy in the Process of Economic Development.
4.2 Factors Determining Demand for Energy;
Effects of Energy Shortages.
4.3 Energy Conservation. Renewable and
Non-Conventional Sources of Energy.
4.4 Energy Modelling. The Search for an Optimal Energy Policy in the Indian Context.
Basic Reading List
1. Crew, M.A. and P.R. Kleindorfer (1979). Public Utility Economics, Macmillan, London.
2. Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) (1976). Economics of Infrastructure, Vol. VI, New Delhi.
3. National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) (1996). India Infrastructure Report: Policy Implications for Growth and Welfare, NCAER, New Delhi.
4. Norton, H. (1971). Modern Transport Economics, C.E. Merrill, London.
Additional Reading List
1. Fariss, M.T. and R. Sampson (1975). Public Utilities, Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
2. Garfield, P.J. and W. Lovjoy (1964). Public Utility Economics, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
3. Jha, R., M.N. Murty and S. Paul (1990). On Fixing Prices for Postal Services in India, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.
4. Kneafsey, J.T. (1975). Transportation Economic Analysis, Lexington, Torouts.
5. McCrakis, M.S. (ed.). (1974). Energy: Demand Conservation and Institution Problems, London.
6. Munty, D. (ed.). (1968). Transport: Selected Readings, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
7. Nelson, J.R. (1964). Marginal Cost Pricing in Practice, Prentice-Hall, Englewood-Cliff.
8. Pachauri, R.K. (ed.). (1980). Energy Policy for India, Macmillan Co. of India, New Delhi.
9. Parikh, J. (ed.). (1997). Energy Models for 2000 and Beyond, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
10. Phillips, A. and O.E. Williamson (eds.). (1967). Prices: Issues in Theory, Practice and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.
11. Tata Energy Research Institute (1995). Environmental Considerations and Options in Managing India’s Long-Term Energy Strategy, Mumbai.
ECO 3009 ECONOMICS OF LAW
1.2 Economic Analysis of Law, Economics of Offence, Efficiency, Market Failure, Ronald Coase’s Theorem, Compensation Principle.
1.3 The Traditional theory of criminal Law, Economic Theory of Crime and punishment, Efficient punishment, Efficiency of Capital Sentence, Addictive Drugs and Crime.
1.4 The Economics of Corruption, Corruption and Human Rights, Law relating to Economic Offences.
2.1 Law
and Distribution of income and wealth, Inequality, Contract Theory of
Distributive Justice, Economic and Social Costs of Poverty.
2.2 Economics of Social Sector, Economic basis of Justice, Police and Arms, Public Ownership of Resources and Economic activities. Dis-investment in PSUs.
2.3 Taxation, justice and efficiency. Balancing private and social costs
2.4 National and Global Environmental problems and international Environmental Agreements.
3.1 Law relating to Consumer activities, Bargain Theory, Economic Role of Contract, Remedies as incentives formation, defences and performance excuses.
3.2 Duress, Bargaining power and unconscious ability, Defining tort law, economics of tort liability, tort liability and economic models.
3.3 Economics of accidents, fault,
victim; Fault and strict liability.
3.4 Function of damages, Consumer Protection, Consumer Courts.
4.1 Law and Business organizations, Structure of firm, Corporations, Corporate vest.
4.2 Capital, Shares, Debentures, Insiders’ trading.
4.3 Antitrust, RBI, IRDA, MRTP and role of SEBI.
4.4 Economics of mergers, amalgamation and takeovers.
Basic Reading List
1. Burrows, P. and C.G. Veljanovski (eds) (1981). The Economic Approach to Law, Butterworths, London.
2. Cooter, R.D. and T.S. Ulen (2000). Law and Economics, Addison Wesley, New York.
3. Florentini, G. and S. Zamagni (1999). The Economics of Corruption and Illegal Markets, Edward Elgar , UK
4. Horne, J. (1997). Financial Management and Policy, Prentice Hall, New Delhi
5. Oliver, J.M. (1979). Law and Economics, George Allen and Unwin, London.
6. Posner, R.A. (1998). Economic Analysis of Law, Little Brown, Boston.
7. Schmidth, P. (1984). The Economic Analysis of Crime and Justice, Academic Press, Orlendo.
Additional Reading List
1. Agarwal, V.K. (2000). Bharat’s Consumer Protection (Law and Practice). BLH Publishers, New Delhi.
2. Divan, S. and A. Rosencronz (2001). Environmental Law and Policy in India, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi.
3. Ghosh, T. P. (1999). Buy Back of Shares, Taxman Allied Services, New Delhi.
4. Verma, G.P. (1993) State Liability in India: Retrospect and Prospect, Deep and Deep, New Delhi.
ECO 3010 WELFARE ECONOMICS-I
Unit-I:
Fundamentals of Classical Welfare Economics (11)
1.1 The Issue of Welfare and Justice in the Exchange Economy. Justice and Welfare in the Framework of General Equilibrium.
1.2 Hedonism and the Benthamite approach to Aggregate Welfare, Optimum resource allocation and welfare maximization.
1.3 Utility Function of individuals,
Problems in inter-personal Utility comparison, issues in income distribution.
1.4 Marshallian conception of welfare
economics, consumer’s surplus, measurement of consumer’s surplus and the
problems involved in the measurement. Pigovian divergence in private and social
cost.
Unit-II:
Restructuring Classical Welfare Economics (11)
2.1 The principle of Compensating
variation, Hicksian types of consumer’s surplus, Slutsky’s approach to
measurement of consumer’s surplus.
2.1 The Concept and the conditions of Pareto
Optimality, Pareto optimality in the General
Equilibrium system.
2.2 Compensation criteria, contributions of
Barone, Hicks and Kaldor. Scitovsky’s criterion.
2.4 Applications of Compensation Principle
to tax/bounty effects.
Unit-III: New Welfare Economics-I (11)
3.1
Social Optimum, Community indifference map, Samuelson’s
utility possibility curve
3.2
Bergson’s Concept of Welfare and its Measurement.
3.3
Social Welfare Function, Arrow’s Possibility Theorem and
its implications.
3.4
Problems of non-market interdependence, externalities in
production and consumption, problems of accounting and pricing.
Unit
IV: New Welfare Economics-II (11)
4.1
External economies and diseconomies. Problems in
Accounting.
4.2
Problems of Public
Goods and Negative spillovers. The Problem of Market Failure.
4.3
The Second Best Problem, issues related with the second
best problem. Interdependent utilities. Welfare, justice and efficiency,
Cascading effects of injustice on efficiency.
4.4
Considerations of welfare in public policies and
programmes, Evaluation of Public Policies.
Basic
Reading List
1.
Baumol, W.J. (1965). Welfare
Economics and the Theory of the State, Longman, London.
2.
Baumol, W.J. (ed.) (2001) Welfare Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. UK
3.
Broadway, R. W. and N. Bruce (1984). Welfare Economics, Basi Blackwell, Oxford.
4.
Graff, J. de (1957). Theoretical
Welfare Economics, Cambridge Univ. Press., London.
5.
Hicks, J.R.
(1944). The Four Consumers’ Surpluses. Review of Economic Studies. Vol. XI.
6.
Little, I.M. D. (1957). A Critique of Welfare Economics, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford. (2nd
edition).
7.
Myint, Hla (1948). Theories
of Welfare Economics, Longmans, London.
8.
Quirk, J. and R. Saposnik (1968). Introduction to General Equilibrium Theory and Welfare Economics.
McGraw Hill, New York.
Additional
Reading List
1. Blaug, M. (1978). Economic Theory in Retrospect, Cambridge University Press, London.
2.
Feldman, A M (1980). Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory,
Kluwer Nijhoff,
Boston.
3.
Pearce, D W and C A Nash (1981).The Social Appraisal of Projects: A
text in Cost Benefit
Analysis. Halsted Press, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
4.
Pigou, A C (1962) The Economics of
Welfare. Macmillan.
5.
Samuelson, P A (1947) Foundations
of Economic Analysis, Harvard Univ. Press, Mass.
6.
Takayama, A (1974). Mathematical
Economics.Dryden Press, Hinsdale,
Illinois
7.
Varian, H R (1992). Micro-Economic Analysis. W W Norton & Co.
New York.
ECO 3011 ECONOMY OF NORTH-EASTERN REGION
Unit-I:
Regional Economy (12)
1.1
Basic characteristics of the Economy of North-Eastern
Region.
1.2
Dualistic Structure of the North-Eastern Economy.
1.3
Structure of Regional Economy.
1.4
Structural Change: Intersectoral Analysis.
Unit-II: Natural Resources and
Agriculture (11)
2.1 Land Ownership and Land Use Pattern
and Its Impact on Regional Economic Development.
2.2
Forest and Mineral Resources.
2.3
Major Agricultural Practices, Cropping Patterns and
Problems of Agriculture.
2.4
Agricultural Productivity and Modernisation.
Unit-III: Infrastructure and Industry (11)
3.1 Economic Infrastructure: Power, Road,
Transport & Communication.
3.2
Industrial Structure and Causes of Industrial
Backwardness.
3.3
Major Industries of N.E.R.: Oil, Minerals, Cement and Tea.
3.4
Small-scale and Cottage Industries.
Unit-IV: Human Resource Development (11)
4.1 Population, Growth and Occupational
Structure.
4.2 Employment and Unemployment.
4.3 Migration: Major Issues.
4.4 Status of Human Development.
Basic Reading
List
1.
Agarwal, A.K. (1987). Economic Problems and Planning in
North East India, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2.
Alam, K. (ed.)
(1993). Agricultural Development in North East India: Constraints and
Prospects, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi.
3. Datta-Ray, B. (Ed.) (1980). Shifting Cultivation of North-East India, North East Indian Council for Social Science Research (NEICSSR), Shillong.
4. Dutta, B.B. and Karna, M.N. (eds.) (1987). Land Relations in North East India, People’s Publishing House, New Delhi.
5.
Dutta, S. (ed.) (2002). Cross-Border Trade of
North-Eastern Region, Hope India Publications, Haryana.
6.
Goswami, Atul (ed.) (1996). Land Reforms and Peasant
Movements: A Study of North East India, Omsons Publications, New Delhi.
7.
Gunner, Myrdal. (1973) (reprint). Economic Theory and
Underdeveloped Regions, Vora and Co., Bombay.
8.
Meier, G.M. and Rauch, J.F. (2000). Leading Issues in Economic Development, (7th
Edition), Oxford University Press, New York.
Additional
Reading List
1. Agarwal, A.K., (1988). “From Jhum to Settled Cultivation”, Commerce, 157.
2.
Basic Statistics, North Eastern Council, 2000.
3.
Das, Gurudas and R.K. Purkayastha (eds.). (2000). Border
Trade: North East India and Neigbouring Countries, Akansha Publications,
New Delhi.
4.
Dasgupta, M. (1983).
“Anatomy of a Jhum Failure: Some Extensions”, The Journal of North East
Indian Council for Social Science Research (NEICSSR), 7:1, April, Shillong.
5.
Dasgupta, M. and A. Banerjee, (1984). “ Jhumming as the
Way of Life of Jhumias: An Analysis of Data from Tripura”, The Journal of
North East Indian Council for Social Science Research (NEICSSR), 8:1,
April, Shillong.
6.
Ganguli, J.B. (1983).
“Operation of the Jhum Model”, The Journal of North East Indian Council for
Social Science Research (NEICSSR), 8:2, October, Shillong.
7.
Gopalakrishnan, R.
(1995). The North-East India: Land, Economy and People, Har Anand
Publications, Delhi.
8.
http://WWW.neidata[email protected]
9.
http://[email protected]
10.
Journal of North Eastern
Council.
11.
Mathew, T. (ed.) (1980). Tribal
Economy of the North-East Region, Spectrum Publications, Guwahati.
12.
North East Data Bank,
NEDFI, Guwahati.
13.
Srivastav, N. (2000). Survey
of Research in Economics on North-East India 1970-1990, ICSSR-NERC, Regency
Publications, Delhi.
ECO 4001 INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS-II
Unit I: Industrialisation in India (11) 1.1 Industrialization: Rationale, Objectives, Strategies and Policies
1.2 Industrialization in India and State Promotion of Industries
1.3 Evaluation of Industrial process during Five year plans
1.4 Importance and Development of Small Scale Industries in India
Unit II: Industrial Financing and Productivity (11)
2.1 Capital Market in India
2.2 Industrial Financing and the role of IFCI, SFC, ICICI and IDBI
2.3 Industrial productivity: empirical evidences
2.4 Industrial Labour; Employment dimensions of Indian industries, Exit policy and social security, Labour market reforms.
3.1 Industrial policies since India’s Independence
3.2 Industrial licensing policy and MRTP Act
3.3 Industrial Policy reforms to liberalize Indian Economy
3.4 Foreign Capital and foreign collaboration – MNCs and transfer of technology.
Unit IV: Recent Industrial Issues (11)
4.1 Emergence of Public Sectors and their role in India’s economic development
4.2 Performance of Public Sectors in India
4.3 Importance and challenges for public sectors in recent trends of economic liberalization
4.4 Rural Industrialization: Major issues and problems
Basic Reading List
1. Ahluwallia, I.J. (1992). Industrial Growth in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
2. Mookherjee, D. (ed.). (1995). Indian Industry: Policy and Performance, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
3. Sandesara, J.C. (1991). Industrial Policy and Planning.
4. Sandesara, J.C. (1985). Small Industry in India: Evidence and Interpretation, Lala Lajpat Rai College, Bombay.
5. Shirkov, G.K. (1973). Industrialization of India, Progress Publishers, Moscow.
6. Singh, A. and A.N. Sadhu (1988). Industrial Economics, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay.
7. Sivayya, K.V. and V.B.M. Das (1996). Indian Industrial Economy, S. Chand and Company.
Additional Reading List
1. Bagchi, A.K. and N. Banerjee (eds.). (1981). Change and Choice in Indian Industry, K.P. Bagchi & Co. Calcutta.
2.
Brahamananda, P.R. and
V.R. Panchmukhi (eds.). (1989). The
Development Process of Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishing House.
3. Cherunilam, F. (1994). Industrial Economics: Indian Perspective (3rd edition), Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
4. Desai, B. (1999). Industrial Economy in India (3rd edition), Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
5. Desai, S.S.M. & N. Bhalerao (1999). Industrial Economy of India, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
6.
Dhar, P.N. and H.F.
Lydall (1961). The Role of Small
Enterprises in India’s Economic Development, Asia publishing Press, Bombay.
7. Godbole, M.D. (1978). Industrial Dispersal Policies, Allied Publishers.
8. Gupta, L.C. (1965). The Changing Structure of Industrial Finance in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
9. Khan, M.Y. (1981). Indian Financial System, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
10. Kuchchal, S.C. (1980). Industrial Economy of India (5th edition), Chaitnya Publishing House, Allahabad.
ECO 4002
LABOUR ECONOMICS-II
1.2 Industrial Labour: Industrial Labour in different Sectors of Indian Economy, Sources of Industrial Workers, Working Conditions of Industrial Workers, the Government and Industrial Labour Policy – Labour Policy during the Plan Periods.
1.3 Agricultural Labour: Labour Force in Agriculture and Its Structure, Types of Agricultural Labour, Employment and Unemployment, Wages and Earnings.
Unit-II: Indian Labour’s Economic Problem: Wages, Standard of Living
and Productivity (10)
2.1 The Wage Policy: Need for Wage Policy, Wage Policy and
Underdevelopment, Wages and Employment, Principles of Recent Wage Fixation,
Minimum Wage and Living Wage.
2.2 Standard of Living – Rural Vs. Urban Standard, Growth of
Family and Lowering of Standard, Food and Nutrition, Clothing, Education,
Health, Per Capita Income.
2.3 Labour Productivity: Significance, Meaning, Measurement, Factors Affecting Labour Productivity, Productivity Movement in India.
3.1 Child Labour: Economic Problems of Child Labour, Extent of Child Labour, Child Labour in Organised Industries, in Unregulated Industries, in Mines, in Plantations, in Agriculture – Legislative Protection for Child Labour, Child Labour and the I.L.O.
3.2 Women Labour: Women’s Increasing participation in Industries, Nature of Work of Women, Wages, Working Conditions, Legislative Measures for Welfare of Woman Labourer, Suggestions for Improvement.
3.3 Labour Welfare Work: Present Conditions of Indian Labour, Need for and Benefit of Labour Welfare Work, Causes of Failure of Labour Welfare Work, Pre-Requisite for Successful Welfare Work, Techniques of Labour Welfare Work.
Unit-IV: Trade Union
Movement, Industrial Unrest and Rationalisation (11)
4.1 Trade Union Movement – Importance, Definition and Features
of Trade Union – Objectives of Trade Union, Growth of Trade Union, Present
Position, Causes of Slow Growth of Trade Union in India – Suggestions.
4.2 Industrial Unrest – Present Position, Causes of Dispute,
Conditions of Workers during Industrial Dispute – Defects of Industrial
Disputes Legislation, Industrial Relation in the Five Year Plans.
5.2 Rationalization: Definition, Benefits of Rationalization, Need for Rationalization in India, Social Aspects of Rationalization.
1. Datt, G. (1996). Bargaining Power, Wages and Employment: An Analysis of Agricultural Labour Markets in India, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
2. Hajela, P.D. (1998). Labour Restructuring in India: A Critique of the New Economic Policies, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi.
3. Lester, R.A. (1964). Economics of Labour (2nd Edition). Macmillan, New York.
4. Papola, T.S., P.P. Ghosh and A.N. Sharma (eds.) (1993). Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations in India, B.R. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.
5. Venkata Ratnam, C.S. (2001). Globalization and Labour-Management Relations: Dynamics of Change, Sage Publications/Response Books, New Delhi.
6. Papola, T.S. and Rodgers, G. (Eds.) (1992). Labour Institutions and Economic Development in India, International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva.
7. Rosenberg, M.R. (1988). Labour Markets in Low Income Countries in Chenery, H.B. and T.N. Srinivasan, (Eds.). The Handbook of Development Economics, North-Holland, New York.
8. Sen, A.K. (1975). Employment, Technology and Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
1. Das, N. (1960). Unemployment, Full Employment and India, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.
2. Deshpande, L.K., P.R. Brahmananda, E.A.G. Robinson, (Eds.). (1983). Employment Policy in a Developing Economy, Vol.I & II Macmillan, London.
3. Kannapon, S. (1983). Employment Problems and Urban Labour Markets in Developing Countries, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
4. Sharma, A.N. and A. Kundu (Ed.) (2001). Informal Sector in India: Emerging Perspectives, Institute of Human Development, New Delhi.
5. Madan, B.K. (1977). The Real Wages of Industrial Workers in India, Management Development Institute, New Delhi.
6. Mazumdar, D. (1989). Micro-economic Issues of Labour Markets in Developing Countries, EDI Services Paper No.40, World Bank, Washington D.C.
ECO 4003 ECONOMETRICS-II
1.1 Introduction – Structural form, reduced form, recursive form and final form model. The simultaneous equation bias and inconsistency of OLS estimators
1.2 The identification problem order and rank conditions of identification.
1.3 Estimation of simultaneous equation model – single equation model: Indirect least squares (ILS). Instrumental variable (IV); 2SLS and their properties
1.4 K-class estimator, limited information maximum likelihood (LIML) and least variance ratio (LVR)
2.1 Seemingly unrelated regression equations
2.2 3SLS
2.3 FIML
2.4 Small Sample Populous of Estimators: Monte Carlo Experiments
3.1 Klein’s Model & Klein’ Goldberger Model
3.2 Wharton School as DRI Model
3.3 Simultaneous Equation Models in Production Function
Unit-IV:
Time Series Analysis (11)
4.1 Stationary-unit roots and co-integration. Dickey-Fuller test, Engle-Granger test, Random walk model
4.2 Forecasting with ARIMA modelling, Box-Jenkin’s methodology, Vector autoregression
4.3 Problems with VAR modelling ¾ Applications
4.4 Panel data techniques-Random coefficients model, Fix effects model, Random effect model.
1. Bridge, J.L. (1971). Applied Econometrics, North Holland Publishing Company.
2. Chow, G.C. (1983). Econometrics, McGraw Hill, New York.
3. Intrilligator, M.D. (1978). Econometric Models, Techniques and Applications, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
4. Johnston, J. (1991). Econometric Methods, McGraw Hill Book Co., London.
5. Johnston, J. and J. Di Nardo (1997). Econometric Methods, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
6. Judges Griffiths Hill, Lütkepohl and Lee (1994). The Theory and Practice of Econometrics, 4th edn., John Wiley & Sons, 1994
7. Kmenta, J. (1997). Elements of Econometrics, University of Michigan Press, New York.
8. Koutsoyannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics (2nd Edn.). The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.
9. Theil, H. (1971). Principles of Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Additional Reading List
1. Gujarati, D.N. (1995). Basic Econometrics (2nd edn.). McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
2. Koutsoyiannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics (2nd edn.). The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.
ECO 4004 DEMOGRAPHY-II
Unit-I: Problems and Prospects of Population Growth and Development (11)
1.1 Changing
characteristics of population growth in India, Population growth rates, trends
and regional variations in sex ratios, Birth and death rate, Age distribution.
1.2 Changes
in the family structure and their linkages with labour market, perspective on
the population ageing in India, Stage of demographic transition in India,
Demographic aspects of family in India.
1.3 Population,
economy and environment linkages ¾ Population, health, nutrition, productivity nexus.
1.4 Emerging
issue in population stabilization in India, child health and survival,
Epidemiologic transition in India, Demography and household behaviour.
Unit-II: Fertility, Nuptiality and Mortality (11)
2.1 Contraception and development factors in fertility transition in India, social inequality and fertility behaviour, Fertility transition in India, Reconciliation of family planning evaluation and fertility trends.
2.2 Nuptiality: Marriage ages, family size motivations and contraceptive prevalence in India, Impact of induced pregnancy termination on birth rate in India, Natural fertility and Nuptiality pattern in India
2.3 Levels
and trends of mortality in India, Foetal, infant and child mortality rates in
India, maternal mortality rates, life expectancy.
2.4 Fertility,
mortality and contraceptive prevalence in tribal population; A System approach
to population projection in India.
Unit-III: Migration and Urbanization (11)
3.1 Patterns
of internal migration in India, social and occupational mobility ¾ its measurement and inference, Rural-urban
out-migration at household levels.
3.2 Population trends in mega cities in India, industrialization, urbanization and rural development
3.3 Patterns of family planning performance in relation to socio-economic development and state level, family planning communications and field promotional programme measures, India’s family planning programmes ¾ emerging issues
3.4 Food, famine and hunger in India ¾ Its dynamics ¾ Population policy thereto.
Unit-IV: Demographic Data Base of Population Policy in India (11)
4.1 Study of census in India ¾ Methodology and characteristics of census.
4.3 Family planning strategies and their
outcome ¾ Reproduction health,
maternal nutrition and child health policies
4.4 Population and strategies for human
development of different social groups, The new population policy, Tasks before
the National Population Commission.
1. Agarwala, S.N. (1972). India’s Population Problem, Tata McGraw-Hill Co., Bombay
2. Bose, A. (1996). India’s Basic Demographic Statistics, B.R. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.
3. Choubey, P.K. (2000). Population Policy in India, Kanishka Publiations, New Delhi.
4. Gulati, S.C. (1988). Fertility in India: An Econometric Study of a Metropolis, Sage, New Delhi.
5. Srinivasan, K. and A. Shariff (1998). India: Towards Population and Demographic Goals, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Additional Reading List
1. Agnihotri, S.B. (2000). Sex ratio in Indian Population: A Fresh Exploration, Sage, New Delhi.
2. Gulati, S.C. (1988). Fertility in India: An Econometrics Study of a Metropolis, Sage, New Delhi.
3. Gupta, J.A. (2000). New Reproductive Technologies, Women’s Health and Autonomy, Indo Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, Sage, New Delhi.
4. Jhabwala, R. and R.K. Subramanya (2000) (Eds.) The Unorganized Sector: Work Security and Social Protection, Sage, New Delhi.
5. Krishnaji, M., R.M. Sudarshan and A. Shariff (1999). Gender Population and Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
6. Mishra, S. (2000). Voluntary Action in Health and Population: The Dynamics of Social Transition, Sage, New Delhi.
7. Mitra, A. (1979). Implications of Declining Sex Ratio in India’s Population, Allied, New Delhi.
8. Seth, M. (2000). Women and Development: The Indian Experience, Sage, New Delhi.
9. Srinivasan, K. (1998). Basic Demographic Techniques and Applications, Sage, New Delhi.
10. Sudarshan and A. Shariff (1999). Gender Population and Development, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
ECO 4005 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-II
1.1 Rural
finance ¾ Role of capital and
rural credit, organised and unorganised capital market, rural savings and
capital formation
1.2
Characteristics and
sources of rural credit ¾ Institutional and non-institutional, Reorganisation of rural credit ¾ Cooperatives, Commercial banks, regional rural banks,
Role of NABARD.
1.3
Cooperative movement,
Genesis and growth of cooperative sector, Agricultural co-operation in India,
Problems and Prospects of Cooperative Institutions.
2.1 Agricultural
pricing ¾ Marketing and state
policy, Agricultural markets and marketing efficiency ¾ Marketing functions and costs, Market structure and
imperfections, regulated markets
2.2 Marketed
and marketable surplus, behaviour of agricultural prices ¾ Cobweb model, prince and income stability, state
policy with respect to agricultural and non-agricultural prices, Need for state
intervention.
2.3 Objectives
of agricultural price policy ¾ Instruments and evaluation, Food security in India and public
distribution.
3.1
Recent trends in
agricultural growth in India, inter-regional variations in growth of output and
productivity, cropping pattern shifts
3.2
Supply of inputs ¾ Irrigation, power, seed and fertilizers, pricing of
inputs and role of subsidies
3.3
Distribution of gains
from technological change
3.4
Role of public
investment and capital formation in Indian agriculture, strategy of
agricultural development and technological progress
3.5
Sustainable agriculture ¾ indigenous practices, Bio-technological practices and
growth potential.
4.1 International trade in agricultural commodities, commodity agreements ¾ Role of World Trade Organization
4.2 Issues in Liberalisation of domestic and International trade in agriculture ¾ Nature and features of agribusiness, Role of MNCS
4.3 Globalisation of Indian economy and problems and prospects of Indian agriculture
4.4 Impact of World Trade Organisation on Indian agriculture.
1. Government of India (1976). Report of the National Commission on Agriculture, New Delhi.
2. Government of India, Economic Survey (Annual). New Delhi.
3. Gulati and Kelly (1999). Trade Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi.
4. Gulati, A. and T. Kelly (1999). Trade Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
5. Kahlon and Tyagi (1983). Agriculture Price Policy in India, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
6. Rao, C.H. Hanumantha (1975). Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty and Environmental Degradation in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
7. Reserve Bank of India, Report on Currency and Finance (Annual). Mumbai.
8. Reserve Bank of India, Report on Currency and Finance (Annual). Mumbai.
9. Rudra, A. (1982). Indian Agricultural Economics: Myths and Reality, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
10. Rudra, A. (1982). Indian Agricultural Economics: Myths and Reality, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
11. Saini, G.R. (1979). Farm Size, Resource Use Efficiency and Income Distribution, Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
1. Bhalla, G.S. (1994). Economic Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi.
2. Brahmananda, P.R. and V.R. Panchamukhi (Eds.) (1987). The Development Process of the Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishinmg House, Bombay.
3. Chada, G.K. and A.N. Sharma (1997). Growth, Employment and Poverty: Change and Continuity in Rural India, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
4. Chaudhury, P. (1972). Readings in Indian Agricultural Development, George Allen & Unwin, London.
5. Dantwala, M.L. (1996). Dilemmas of Growth: The Indian Experience, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Dhawan, B.D. (1988). Irrigation in India’s Agricultural Development, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
7. Jodhar, N. (Eds.) (1996). Challenges to Indian Bankings, Macmillan, New Delhi.
8. Raj, K.N. et al. (1988). Essays in the Commercialisation of Indian Agriculture, OUP, New Delhi.
9. R.B.I. (1989). Report of the Agricultural Credit Review Committee, Reserve Bank of India, Bombay.
10. Subbarao, K. and De Janvry (1986). Agricultural Price Policy and Income Distribution in India, O.U.P., N. Delhi.
11. Vaidyanathan, A. (1995). The Indian Economy: Crisis, Response and Prospects, Orient Longmans, N. Delhi.
ECO 4006
ECONOMICS OF GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT-II
Unit-I: Women, Education, Health and Decision-Making (11)
1.1 Status of women education (with special reference to India)
1.2 Education and Empowerment
1.3 Status of Health Care Programmes for Women (with special reference to India)
1.4 Power of Decision-making at household, class and community level.
Unit-II: Women and Labour Markets (11)
2.1 Factors affecting female entry in labour market
2.2 Female work participation in agriculture and non-agricultural activities (with reference to India)
2.3 Wage differentials in female activities
2.4 Determinants of wage differentials: gender, education, skill, productivity, efficiency.
Unit-III: Women and Social Security (11)
3.1 Social structure and social security of women ¾ entitlements, ensuring economic independence and risk coverage.
3.2 Role of voluntary organizations, self-help groups in
providing social security.
3.3 Review of legislation for women’s entitlements, protection of property rights and social security.
3.4 Schemes for safety net for women.
4.1 Mainstreaming gender into development policies.
4.2 Gender Planning techniques and gender sensitive
governance.
4.3 Paradigm shifts from women’s well being to women’s empowerment.
4.4 Democratic decentralization and women’s empowerment in India.
Basic Reading List
1. Agarwal, B. (1994). A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
2. Baud, I.S.A. (1992). Forms and Production and Women’s Labour: Gender Aspects of Industrialization in India and Mexico, Sage Publications, New Delhi
3. Carr, M.C. Matha and R. Jhabvala (eds.) (1997). Speaking Out: Women’s Economic Empowerment in South Asia, Vistaar Publications, New Delhi.
4. Dantwala, M.L., H. Sethi and P. Visaria (1998). Social Change Through Voluntary Action, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
5. Kabeer, N. and R. Subrahmanian (eds.). (1999). Institutions, Relations and Outcomes, Kali for Women, New Delhi.
6. Kalpagam, U. (1994). Labour and Gender: Survival in Urban India, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
7. King, M. and M.A. Hill (eds.) (1993). Woman’s Education in Development Countries: Barriers, Benefits and Politics, John Hopkins, Baltimore.
8. Mazumdar, V. (1979). Symbols of Power: Studies on the Political Status of Woman in India, Allied, Delhi.
9. Mishra, S. (2000). Voluntary Action in Health and Population: The Dynamics of Social Transition, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
10. Papola, T.S. and A.N. Sharma (eds.) (1999). Gender and Employment in India, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
Additional Reading List
1. Custers, P. (1997). Capital Accumulation and Women’s Labour in Asian Economics, Vistaar, New Delhi.
2. Jhabwala, R. and R.K. Subramanya (eds.). (2000). The Unorganized Sector: Work Security and Social Protection, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
3. MHRD, Government of India, (1987). Shram Shakti: Report of the National Commission on Self-Employed Women and Women Workers in the Informal Sector, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi.
4. Narasimhan, S. (1999). Empowering Women: An Alternative Strategy from Rural India, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
5. Purushothaman, S. (1988). The Empowerment of Women in India: Grassroots Women’s Network and the State, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Srinivasan, K. and A Shroff (1998). India: Towards Population and Development Goals, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
7. Venkateswaran, S. (1995). Environment, Development and the Gender Gap, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
8. Wazir, R. (2000). The Gender Gap in Basic Education: NGOs as Change Agents, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
ECO 4007 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS-II
1.2 Fundamentals of Algorithms. Recursion and iteration, Decomposability of algorithms, Efficiency of Algorithms.
1.3 Fundamentals of FORTRAN. Input-Output Statements, Declarations, Transfer of control, Logical testing and Branching, File Operations. Programming in FORTRAN.
1.4 Fundamentals of C and C++. Writing elementary mathematical (numerical) and Statistical Programs in C and C++.
2.1 System Modeling and Description, Simultaneous Equation System and Identification, Reduced Form, Structural Form and Final Form, Recursive Models.
2.2 Indirect Least Squares, Two-Stage Least Squares, SURE, and Three-Stage Least Squares.
2.3 Limited Information and Full Information Maximum Likelihood Methods of Estimation of System Models.
2.4 Estimation of Consumption Functions, Production Functions and Cost Functions; Sato Type Functions.
3.1 Statistical Discriminant Analysis and Applications. Cluster Analysis.
3.2 Principal Component Analysis and Construction of Indices.
3.3 Factor Analysis: Extraction and Rotation methods for Factor Analysis; Structural Analysis.
3.4 Scaling methods, Multi-dimensional Scaling and Applications.
4.1 Optimization in non-differentiable systems. Linear Programming and Applications.
4.2 Methods in Non-linear Programming, Gaussian methods, Quadratic Programming.
4.3 Search Methods, Box, Nelder-Meade, and Powel Algorithms of Non-linear Optimization.
4.4 Combinatorial Optimization. Integer Programming. Branch and Bound Methods. Location Allocation Programming, Critical Path Method.
Basic Reading List
1. Bechtel, G G (1976). Multi-dimensional Preference Scaling, Mouton & Co. The Hague.
2. Gillett, B E (1979). Introduction to Operations Research : A Computer-oriented Algorithmic Approach, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
3. Johnston, J (1991): Econometric Methods. McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
4. Kerningham, B W and D M Ritchie (1988). The C programming Language, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
5. Kim, J and C W Muller (1989). Factor Analysis: Statistical Methods and Practical Issues, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Kuester, J L and J H Mize (1973) , Optimization Techniques with Fortran IV, MaGraw Hill, New York.
7. Nie, N H (1970). SPSS – Statistical Package for Social Sciences, McGraw Hill, New York.
8. Rushton, G, M F Goodchild and L M Ostresh (1973). Computer Programs for Location-Allocation Problems. Monograph 6, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa.
9. Sharma, J K (1997). Operations Research, Macmillan India Ltd. Delhi.
10. Theil, H (1971). Principles of Econometrics, John Wiley, New York.
Additional Reading List
1. Johnston, J. (1991). Econometric Methods (3rd
Edn.). McGraw Hill, London.
2. Knuth, D E (1968) The Art of Computer Programming Fundamental Algorithms, Addison
3. Krishnamurthy, E V and
S K Sen (1992). Computer-Based Numerical
Algorithms,
4. Gujarati, D.N. (1995). Basic Econometrics (2nd Edn.). McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
5. Koutsoyiannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics (2nd Edn.). The Macmillan Press
6. Maddala, G.S. (1997). Econometrics, McGraw Hill; New York.
Affiliated East-West
Press, New Delhi.
Ltd., London.
7. Norton, Peter and R Jourdain (1989). The Hard Disk Companion, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
8. Rajasekaran, S (1986). Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering, A H Wheeler, Allahabad.
Wasley, London.
ECO 4008
ECONOMICS OF INFRASTRUCTURE-II
Unit-I: Electricity, Gas and Water Supply (11)
1.1 Bulk
Supply and Pricing of Electricity.
1.2 The
Relative Economics of Thermal, Hydel and Nuclear Power Plants. The Case for a
National Power Grid.
1.3 Financing Water Utilities.
1.4 Urban and Rural Water Supply. The Exploitation of Natural Gas. Pricing Problem.
Unit-II: Social Infrastructure (11)
2.1 Organization and Financing of Supply of Social Services.
2.2
Private vs. Public Sector Financing.
2.3
Recent debate about the fixation of prices of social
services.
2.4
Development of social services in the successive Indian Plans.
Unit-III: Education (11)
3.1 Education and Economic Growth.
Approaches to Educational Planning. Social Demand
3.2 Rate of Return and Manpower Balance Approaches.
3.3
The Case for Universal, Free, Primary
Education.
3.4 Structure of Higher Education and Problems of its Financing in India: Human Resources and Human Capital Development. The issues in education policy.
Unit-IV: Health (11)
4.1 Health
dimensions of development; Determinants of Health ¾ poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and lack of
information.
4.2 Economic dimensions of health care ¾ Demand and supply of health care.
4.3 Financing of health care and resource constraints; Inequalities in health ¾ Class and gender perspectives.
4.4 Institutional issues in health care delivery.
Basic Reading List
1. Parikh, K.S. (ed.). (1997). India Development Report 1997, Oxford, New Delhi.
2. Parikh, K.S. (ed.). (1999). India Development Report ¾ 1999-2000, New Delhi.
3. Turvey, R. (ed.). (1968). Public Enterprises, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
Additional
Readings:
1. Becker, G.S. (1974). Human Capital (2nd Edition). National Bureau of Economic Research, New York.
2. Eckstein, O. (1958). Water Resource Development, Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
3. McMohan, W.W. (1999). Education and Development: Measuring the Social Benefits, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
4. Panchamukhi, P.R. (1980). Economics of Health: A Trend Report in ICSSR, A Survey of Research in Economics, Vol.VI, Infrastructure, Allied, Delhi.
5. Tilak, J.B.G. (1994). Education for Development in Asia, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Turvey, R. and D. Anderson (1977). Electricity Economics, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
7. Vaizey, J. (1962). Economics of Education, Faber and Faber, London.
ECO 4009 BUDGETARY THEORY AND PRACTICE
1.1 Theory
of Public Expenditure, Structure and Growth of Public Expenditure, Criteria for
Public Investment.
1.2 Reforms
in Expenditure Budgeting, Programme Budgeting and Zero Based Budgeting.
1.3 The
Incidence of Budgetary Measures and their Effects on Resource Mobilization on
Aggregate Expenditure and on Growth; the Analysis of important individual
taxes.
1.4
Theory of Measurement of
Dead Weight Losses, the Problem of Double Taxation.
Unit-II: Public Debt
and Fiscal Policies (11)
2.1 Classical
view of Public debt, compensatory aspect of debt policy, Burden of public debt,
Sources of public debt, Debt through created money.
2.2 Public
borrowings and Price level, Crowding out of private investment and Activity,
Principles of Debt Management and Repayment.
2.3 Objectives
of Fiscal Policy: Allocation, Growth and Distribution, Budgetary Deficits and
Its Implications.
2.4 Fiscal
Policy for Stabilization – Automatic vs. Discretionary Stabilization,
Alternative Measures of Resource Mobilization and their Impact on Growth,
Distribution and Prices, Balanced Budget Multiplier.
Unit-III: The
Relation between Government Budgets and National Plan (11)
3.1 The
Analysis and Interpretation of Government Budgets and Balance Sheets of Public
Enterprises, Types of Budget Classification and their Uses.
3.2
Budgetary Policies and
their Impact on Resource Mobilization and Income Distribution.
3.3
Principles of Multi-unit
Finance; the Role of Finance Commission and Planning Commission.
3.4
The Theory of Grants and
National vs. Regional Plans.
Unit-IV:
Fiscal Federalism and Indian Budgetary Policies (11)
4.1 Fiscal
Federalism in India, Assignment of Functions and Sources of Revenue; Criteria
for transfer of resources, Problems of State Reseources and Indebtedness.
4.2 Centre-State
financial relations in India. Transfer of resources from Union and States to
Local bodies.
4.3 Revenue
of the Union, States and Local Bodies. Analysis of Central and State Government
Budgets.
4.4 Shrinking
size of developmental finance through Budgets; Fiscal crisis and fiscal sector
reforms in India; Reports of Finance Commission in India.
Basic Reading List
1.
Bachanan, J.M. (1958). Public
Principles of Public Debt, A Defence and Restatement, Richard D.
Irwin Homewood.
2.
Bird, R. and O. Oldman
(1967), Readings on Taxation in Developing Countries, the John Hopkins
University Press, Baltimore.
3.
Cutt, J. (1969). Taxation
and Economic Development in India, Frederick A. Praegar Publishers, New
York.
4.
Kaldor, N. (1955). An
Expenditure Tax, George Allen and Unwin, London.
5.
Mishan, E.J. (1982). Cost-Benefit
Analysis: An Informat Introduction, George Allen and Unwin, London.
6.
Peacock, A. and D.J.
Robertson (Eds.) (1963), Public Expenditure: Appraisal and Control,
Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.
7.
Phyrr, P. (1970). Zero
Base Budgeting: A Practical Management Tour Tool for Evaluating Expenses,
John Wiley, New York.
Additional Reading
List
1.
Bhargava, P.K. (1982). Centre
State Resource Transfers in India, The Academic Press, Gurgaon.
2.
Borkar, V.V. (1971), Income
Tax Reform in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay.
3.
Chelliah, R.J. (Ed.)
(1997), Towards Sustainable Growth, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
4.
Ferguson, J.M. (Ed.)
(1964), Public Debt and Future Generations, North Carolina University
Press, Chapel Hill.
5.
Government of India
(1985), Long Term Fiscal Policy, New Delhi.
6.
Gulati, I.S. (1979), Centre
State Financial Relations: An Assessment of the Role of Finance
Commission, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda.
7.
Lakdawala, D.T. (1967), Union
State Financial Relations, Lalwani Publishing House, Mumbai.
ECO 4010 WELFARE ECONOMICS-II
Unit-I:
Modern Contribution to Welfare Economics (11)
1.5
Deviation from Bentham-Mill approach to Justice. Rawlsian
Concept of Justice.
1.6
Issues in Poverty at national and international levels.
Measurement/Indices of Development and Welfare at national and international
levels.
1.7
Amartya Sen’s contributions to Justice and Welfare.
Opulence, entitlement, right to ownership, justice and welfare.
1.8
Poverty in India. Sectional and Spatial Distribution.
Trends in incidence of poverty. Povertiy and othere related social issues.
Unit-II: Mathematical Approaches to
Welfare Economics-I (11)
2.1 Compatibility of Growth, justice and
Welfare. Contributions of Gunnar Myrdal. Justice and Welfare as basic
conditions of growth.
2.5
Negishi’s theorem on Social Welfare and Efficiency.
2.6
The first and the second Zero-Maximum theorems and their
implications.
2.7
The Shortage Function. The first and the second Zero-Minimum
theorems and their implications.
Unit-III: Mathematical Approaches to Welfare Economics-II (11)
3.1 Game-theoretic approach to welfare
economics: Concept of the Nash Equilibrium. Conditions for existence of Nash
equilibrium.
3.5
Majority Voting, Lindhal Equilibria and Compatibility with
Nash Equilibrium.
3.6
Revelation Procedures. Vickrey auction, Groves Mechanism,
justice, efficiency and welfare.
3.7
Issues in Moral Hazards, Principal-Agent Problem, Property
rights and the Social Choice.
Unit-IV: Policy Oriented Considerations (11)
4.1 Public policies as measures to
correct the market failure. Public policies for signaling in mixed economies.
4.2 Policy evaluation and Project
evaluation. Problems in Policy evaluation and re-visit to the principal agent
problem and moral hazards. different Methods and issues relating to Policy
evaluation.
4.3 Cost-benefit analysis, Tinbergen’s
approach, Theil-Boggard approach to evaluation.
4.4 Multi-criteria methods, Criteria for
evaluation, Concordance Analysis for Project Evaluation.
Basic Reading
List
1.
Baumol, W.J. (1965). Welfare
Economics and the Theory of the State, Longman, London
2.
Baumol, W.J. and W.E. Oates (1988). The Theory of Environmental Policy (2nd Edition).
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3.
Baumol, W.J. (ed.)
(2001) Welfare Economics, Edward
Elgar Publishing Ltd. UK
4.
Broadway, R.W. and N. Bruce (1984). Welfare Economics, Basi Blackwell, Oxford.
5.
Graff, J. de (1957). Theoretical
Welfare Economics, Cambridge Univ. Press., London.
6.
Hicks, J.R. (1944) The Four Consumers’ Surpluses. Review of Economic Studies. Vol. XI.
7.
Little, I.M.D.
(1957) A Critique of Welfare
Economics, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford. 2nd Edition.
8.
Myint, Hla (1948) Theories
of Welfare Economics, Longmans, London.
9.
Quirk, J. and R. Saposnik (1968). Introduction to General Equilibrium Theory and Welfare Economics.
McGraw Hill, New York.
10. Tietenberg,
T. (1994). Environmental Economics and
Policy, Harper Collins, New York.
Additional
Reading List
1.
Blaug, M. (1978). Economic Theory in Retrospect, Cambridge
University Press, London.
2.
Feldman, A.M. (1980). Welfare Economics and Social
Choice Theory, Kluwer Nijhoff,
3.
Pearce, D.W. and C.A. Nash (1981). The Social Appraisal
of Projects: A text in Cost Benefit Analysis. Halsted Press, John Wiley
& Sons, New York.
4.
Pigou, A.C. (1962) The
Economics of Welfare. Macmillan.
5.
Samuelson, P.A. (1947) Foundations
of Economic Analysis, Harvard Univ. Press, Mass.
6.
Takayama, A. (1974). Mathematical
Economics. Dryden Press, Hinsdale,
Illinois
7.
Varian, H.R. (1992). Micro-Economic Analysis. W.W
Norton & Co. New York.