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Kashmir University MA Economics 2nd Sem ECO-215 MICRO ECONOMICS-II Syllabus Kashmir University MA Economics 2nd Sem ECO-215 MICRO ECONOMICS-II Syllabus Syllabus for M.A Economics 2nd Semester, year 2010 SEMESTER- II (Compulsory) Microeconomics-II Course code: Eco-215 Unit 1 Marginalist Controversy and Marginal Theories of Firm Assumptions of neo-classical theory of firm; Hall and Hitch report; Gordan’s attack on marginalism; Average cost pricing theory; Limit pricing—Bain’s model; Baumol’s theory of sales revenue maximization— static and dynamic versions; Marris’s model of managerial enterprise; Williamson’s model of managerial discretion. Unit 2 Collusive and Non-collusive Oligopolies Oligopoly—Cournot, Stacklberg and Bertrand models; Prisoner’s dilemma; Dominant firm model; cartels, game theory and competitive strategy—dominant, maximum and mixed strategies; Repeated and sequential games. Unit 3 Theory of distribution Neo-classical approach—Marginal productivity theory, product exhaustion theorem, elasticity of technical substitution and factor shares; Technical progress and income distribution; Theory of distribution in imperfect product and factor markets; Pricing of fixed factors; Non-homogenous factors and wage differentials. Unit 4 General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics General equilibrium analysis—interdependence of markets, general equilibrium of exchange, production and output markets, perfect competition, economic efficiency and equity; Welfare economics—utility possibility frontier, social policy criteria—compensation principle; Bergson social welfare function; Arrow’s impossibility theorem. REFERENCES Microeconomics II Eco-215 1. Salvatore, D. 2003. Micro economics; Theory and Applications. Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 2. Perloff, J. M. 2001. Microeconomics. Addison Wisely Longman, India. 3. Nicholson, W. 1992. Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principals and Extensions. The Dryden Press , USA 4. Pindyck R. S. and Ruboinfeld, D. L. 1999. Microeconomics. Prentice Hall of India. 5. Koutsoyiannis, A. 1979. Modern Microeconomics. Macmillan Press, London. 6. Layard, P. R. G. and Walters, A.W. 1978. Microeconomic Theory. McGraw Hill, New York. 7. Sen. A. K. 1999. Microeconomics - Theory and Applications. Oxford University Press, New Delhi 8. Boumol, W. J. 1982. Economic Theory and Operational Analysis. Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi. |
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