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SHU416Economics: AnOrientation to the Course Content& Evaluation

Dr.Sunitha S,

Assistant Professor,

School of Management Studies,

National Institute of Technology Calicut

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CommonEconomicJargons!!

Merger FixedcostBreakevenFDIvsFII

GDPdevaluationPvtLtdInflation

ForeignexchangeSENSEXFMCGFiscaldeficit

TaxesDepreciationcartelsPricingMIDCAP

BlackmoneyWTOdisinvestmentCPI

LiquidityratioDebtratioStagflation BOP

crisis

hedgingArbitrage Venturecapital

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WHY??

Whysomecountriesarericherwhileothersarepoorer?

WhytherearefluctuationsinRupee

againstothercurrencies?

Howdopoormonsoonspulldownthe

SENSEXandNIFTY?

WhatisEuropeancrisis?

WhydoesvalueofRupeegoing

down?

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TopicstobediscussedintheCourseduration

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MicroEconomics

MacroEconomicsMonetaryEconomics

InternationalEconomics

PublicFinance

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MicroEconomics

DemandAnalysis:

ElasticityofDemand&applications

DemandForecasting

TheoriesofConsumptionandproduction

CostsConcepts&behaviour

Economiesofscale&scope

PricingStrategies

Marketskimming,peakloadpricing

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Marketstructure

Pricingindifferentmarketstructures

Differentialpricing

Breakevenanalysis

Gametheory

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MacroEconomics

NationalIncome:Concepts&measurement GDP,GNP,NNP

inflationandDeflation

Fiscal&Monetarypolicies

IndianIndustries:ASectoralAnalysis

BusinessCycles Recession,Depression,Recovery,Boom/Prosperity

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Monetarysystem

MoneyMarket

Capitalmarket

CommercialBanks

Developmentbanks

RoleofRBI

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InternationalEconomics

Internationaltrade

Foreignexchangemarket

BalanceofPayments(BOP)versus

BalanceofTrade(BOT)

DisequilibriuminBOP

Regulationoftrade

RoleofWorldBank,IMF&WTO

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PublicFinance

Publicexpenditure

Taxation:types

PublicDebt

Budget

Externalities

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Courseevaluation

Test1andTest2(15marks&20marks

respectively)

Quiz(10marks)

EndSemesterexam(50marks)

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InternalAssessment

Midtermexam,Quiz

Quizcouldbeopenorclosedbooktype.

Typeofquestionsrangefromobjectivetype,numericals,caseanalysis,short

answertypeandessaytype.

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BooksforReference PrinciplesofMicroEconomics,

(Gregory.N.Mankiw)

Economics, Samuelson,P.A.andW.D.Nordhaus

ManagerialEconomics:Peterson,Lewis&

JainMicroEconomics:Pyndick&Rubinfield

BooksonFinancialManagement/MonetaryEconomicsbyanIndianauthor

Additionalbooksforreferencewouldbeinformedlater