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23rd May 2015, 09:37 AM
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Panjab University Chandigarh BA Subjects
I have completed 12th class with Arts stream and want to pursue BA at Panjab University Chandigarh . Provide the list of BA Subjects available at Panjab University Chandigarh together with the intake capacity and the fee criteria .
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9th July 2018, 12:04 PM
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Re: Panjab University Chandigarh BA Subjects
Can you provide me the syllabus/course structure of B.A. (Hons) Economics Program offered by Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh?
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9th July 2018, 12:07 PM
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Re: Panjab University Chandigarh BA Subjects
The syllabus/course structure of B.A. (Hons) Economics Program offered by Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh is as follows: ECO-C1: INTRODUCTORY MICROECONOMICS UNIT I Exploring the subject matter of Economics Why study economics? Scope and method of economics; the economic problem: scarcity and choice; the question of what to produce, how to produce and how to distribute output. The basic competitive model. Supply and Demand: How Markets Work, Markets and Welfare Markets and competition; determinants of individual demand/supply; demand/supply schedule and demand/supply curve; market versus individual demand/supply; shifts in the demand/supply curve, demand and supply together; how prices allocate resources; elasticity and its application. UNIT II The Households The consumption decision - budget constraint, consumption and income/price changes, demand for all other goods and price changes; description of preferences (representing preferences with indifference curves); properties of indifference curves; consumers optimum choice; income and substitution effects; labour supply and savings decision - choice between leisure and consumption. UNIT III The Firm and Perfect Market Structure Behaviour of profit maximizing firms and the production process; short run costs and output decisions; costs and output in the long run. Controls on prices; taxes and the costs of taxation; consumer surplus; producer surplus and the efficiency of the markets. Imperfect Market Structure Monopoly and anti-trust policy; government policies towards competition; imperfect competition. UNIT IV Input Markets Labour and land markets - basic concepts (derived demand, productivity of an input, marginal productivity of labour, marginal revenue product); demand for labour; input demand curves; shifts in input demand curves; competitive labour markets and firms profit maximisation conditions in input market ; and labour markets and public policy. Readings: 1. Karl, E. Case., and Ray C. Fair, (2007). Principles of Economics (8th ed.). Pearson Education Inc. 2. N. Gregory Mankiw.( 2007) Economics: Principles and Applications.( 4th ed.). India edition by South Western, a part of Cengage Learning, Cengage Learning India Private Limited. 3. Joseph E. Stiglitz, and Carl E. Walsh. (2007) . Economics (4th ed.). W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, International Student Edition. Syllabus B.A. (Hons) Economics Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh |
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