UGC-NET FOR LECTURESHIP & JRF IN ECONOMICS MICRO ECONOMICS - SCHEME OF LESSONS
SESSION–1:
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MICRO & MACRO ECONOMICS
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POSITIVE & NORMATIVE ECONOMICS
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ECONOMIC MODELS & ITS BASIC CONCEPTS
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CONCEPT & TYPES OF EQUILIBRIUM
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STATICS, DYNAMICS & COMPARATIVE STATICS.
SESSION–2:
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LAW OF DEMAND – EXTENSION, CONTRACTION, INCREASE & DECREASE IN DEMAND
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LINEAR & NON-LINEAR DEMAND FUNCTIONS
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INDIVIDUAL DEMAND & MARKET DEMAND
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LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY – LAW OF EQUI-MARGINAL UTILITY
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PRICE ELASTICITY, INCOME ELASTICITY & CROSS ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
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POINT & ARC ELASTICITY
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PRICE EFFECT, INCOME EFFECT & SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
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CLASSIFICATION AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOODS
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ENGEL CURVES
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CONSUMERS SURPLUS
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ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY.
SESSION–3:
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MAJOR APPRAOCHES TO DEMAND ANALYSIS
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RISKLESS CHOICE: MARSHALLIAN CARDINAL UTILITY ANALYSIS, HICKS’ INDIFFERENCE CURVE ANALYSIS AND SAMUELSON’S REVEALED PREFERENCE ANALYSIS
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RISKY
CHOICE:
BERNOULLI’S
ST.PETERSBURG
PARADOX,
NEUMANN-MORGENSTERN
UTILITY INDEX, FRIEDMAN-SAVAGE HYPOTHESIS AND MARKOWITZ HYPOTHESIS •
MOTIVATIONAL APPROACH: BANDWAGON, SNOB AND VEBLEN EFFECTS
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PRAGMATIC APPROACH:
CONSTANT ELASTICITY
OF
DEMAND FUNCTION AND EMPIRICAL DEMAND FUNCTION •
LES & LANCASTER’S ATTRIBUTES.
SESSION–4:
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THEORY OF SEARCH
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ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
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PROBLEMS OF ADVERSE SELECTION AND MORAL HAZARD
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MARKET SIGNALLING
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EFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS.
SESSION–5:
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THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY CURVE
DEMAND FUNCTION, DYNAMIC
2 •
ISO-QUANT & ISO-COST
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PRODUCTION FUNCTION: SHORT RUN & LONG RUN PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
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COBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION
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CES PRODUCTION FUNCTION
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TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS & HICKS’ CALSSIFICATION
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LAW OF VARIABLE PROPORTIONS – TOTAL, AVERAGE & MARGINAL PRODUCT CURVES
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LEAST COST COMBINATION
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RIDGE LINES
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COST FUNCTION – VARIOUS COST CONCEPTS
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ECONOMIES & DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
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BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS.
SESSION–6:
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MARKET STRUCTURES
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PERFECT COMPETITION
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MONOPOLY
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PRICE DISCRIMINATION
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MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
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SELLING COSTS – EXCESS CAPACITY – GROUP EQUILIBRIUM & NON-PRICE COMPETITION
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OLIGOPOLY – KINKED DEMAND CURVE – CARTELS & PRICE LEADERSHIP
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DUOPOLY MODELS OF COURNOT, BERTRAND, EDGEWORTH AND STACKLEBERG
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FULL COST PRICING.
SESSION–7:
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LIMIT PRICING MODELS
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MANAGERIAL THEORIES OF THE FIRM
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BASIC CONCEPTS IN GAME THEORY
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LINEAR PROGRAMMING
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INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS.
SESSION–8:
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CONCEPTS OF TPP, APP, VMP & MRP
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MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY THEORY OF DISTRIBUTION & EULERS THEOREM
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THEORIES OF RENT – QUAZI-RENT – ECONOMIC RENT
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THEORIES OF WAGES – THEORIES OF INTEREST & THEORIES OF PROFIT.
SESSION–9:
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WALRASIAN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
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PARETO OPTIMALITY
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THEORY OF SECOND BEST
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THE COMPENSATION PRINCIPLE
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE FUNCTION
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ARROW’S IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM.