Syllabus

Course Code: M-BECOC- 002    Course Name: Macro Economic Analysis-I

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Theory of Output and Employment Determination
Classical Approach – Output and Employment in Classical Theory; The Quantity Theory of Money and the Price Level; Classical Model without saving and investment; Classical Model with saving and investment; Keynesian Approach - Two Sector Model, Three Sector Model and Four Sector Model.
Reading List
• Mankiw, Gregory N. (2003). Macroeconomics. Worth Publishers.
• Romer, David (2012). Advanced Macroeconomics. McGraw Hill Education.
• Shapiro, E. (2006). Macroeconomic Analysis. Galgotia Publication, New Delhi.
2 Theory of Output and Employment Determination
The Extended Model under Fixed Price Level – The Goods Market and The Money Market; IS-LM framework and Equilibrium in Goods Market and Money Market; Effect of Changes in Government spending, Taxation and Aggregate Demand on General Equilibrium.
Reading List
• Mankiw, Gregory N. (2014). Principles of Macroeconomics. Cengage Learning.
• Romer, David (2012). Advanced Macroeconomics. McGraw Hill Education.
• Shapiro, E. (2006). Macroeconomic Analysis, Galgotia Publication, New Delhi.
3 Theory of Output and Employment Determination
The Extended Model under Variable Price Level – Derivation of Aggregate Demand Curve and Determination of equilibrium price and output levels; Wage-price flexibility and the Full Employment equilibrium; Interest rate effect and Pigou Effect; Monetary – Fiscal policy analysis in IS-LM Model.
Reading List
• Shapiro, E. (2006). Macroeconomic Analysis. Galgotia Publication, New Delhi
• Langdana, F.K. (2013). Macroeconomic Policy: Demystifying Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Springer.
• Mankiw, Gregory N. (2014). Principles of Macroeconomics. Cengage Learning.
• Mishkin, F.S. (2016). The Economics of Money Banking and Financial Markets. Pearson.
4 Theories of consumption
The Absolute Income Hypothesis; The Relative Income Hypothesis; The Permanent Income Theory of Consumption; The Life cycle theory of consumption.
Theories of Investment
The Marginal Efficiency of Capital Approach; The accelerator theory; Profits Theory; Jorgenson’s Neoclassical Model; Adjustment costs and q theory.
Reading List
• Levacic, Rosalind & Rebmann, Alexander (2015). Macroeconomics. Macmillan, London.
• Mankiw, Gregory N. (2014). Principles of Macroeconomics. Cengage Learning.
• Romer, David (2012). Advanced Macroeconomics. McGraw Hill Education.
• Shapiro, E. (2006). Macroeconomic Analysis, Galgotia Publication, New Delhi.
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