Study Material for NET Economics June examination

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UGC NET Economics Syllabus 2014

Code No : 01
Subject : Economics / Rural Economics / Co – operation / Demography / Development Planning / Development Studies / Econometrics / Applied Economics / Development Eco. / Business Economics.

UGC NET Paper III will have two Parts – A and B; Paper III ( A ) will have 10 short essay type, questions ( 300 words ) carrying 16 marks each. In it there will be one question with internal choice from each unit ( i.e., 10 questions from 10 units; Total marks will be 160 ).

UGC NET Paper III ( B ) will be compulsory and there will be one question from each of the Electives. The candidate will attempt only one question ( one elective only in 800 words ) carrying 40 marks. Total marks of UGC NET Paper III will be 200.


UGC NET PAPER – II
1. Micro – Economic Analysis
Demand Analysis – Marshallian, Hicksian and Revealed preference approaches.
Theory of Production and Costs.
Pricing and output under different forms of market structure.
Factor Pricing analysis.
Elements of general equilibrium and new welfare economics.


2. Macro – Economic Analysis
Determination of output and employment – Classical approach, Keynesian approach, Consumption hypotheses.
Demand for Money – Fisher and Cambridge versions, Approaches of Keynesian, Friedman, Patinkin, Baumol and Tobin.
Supply of Money, Determinants of money supply, High – powered money, Money multiplier.
Phillips Curve analysis.
Business cycles – Models of Samuelson, Hicks and Kaldor.
Macro – economic Equilibrium – Relative roles of monetary and fiscal policies

3. Development and Planning
Economic Growth, Economic Development and sustainable Development – Importance of institutions – Government and markets – Perpetuation of underdevelopment – Vicious circle of poverty, circular causation, structural view of underdevelopment – Measurement of development conventional, HDI and quality of life indices.
Theories of Development – Classical, Marx and Schumpeter; Economic Growth – Harrod – Domar model, instability of equilibrium, Neoclassical growth – Solow’s model, steady state growth. Approaches to development : Balanced growth, critical minimum effort, big push, unlimited supply of labour, unbalanced growth, low income equilibrium trap.
Indicators and measurement of poverty.
Importance of agriculture and industry in economic development – choice of techniques and appropriate technology – Investment criteria – Elementary idea of cost – benefit analysis.
Trade and Aid – International trade as ‘engine of growth’ – Globalization and LDC’s Objectives and role of monetary and fiscal policies in economic development Techniques of planning; Plan Models in India; planning in a market – oriented economy.

4. Public Finance
Role of the Government in Economic activity – Allocation, distribution and stabilization functions; Private, Public and Merit goods.
The Public Budgets – Kinds of Budgets, Zero – base budgeting, different concepts of budget deficits; Budgets of the Union Government in India Public Expenditure – Hypotheses; effects and evaluation.
Public Revenue – Different approaches to the division of tax burden, incidence and effects of taxation; elasticity and buoyancy; taxable capacity Public Debt – Sources, effects, burden and its management.
Fiscal Federalism – Theory and problems; Problems of Centre – State Financial relations in India.
Fiscal Policy – Neutral and compensatory and functional finance; balanced budget multiplier.