MAHA SET 2020 Syllabus Economics

Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship

महारा� राज्य �ाख्यातापदासाठी राज्यस्तरीय पा�ता चाचणी (सेट) परीक्षा

Conducted by University of Pune
(AS THE STATE AGENCY)

SYLLABUS

Subject: ECONOMICS Code No.: 11

Unit-1 : Micro Economics

 Theory of Consumer Behaviour
 Theory of Production and Costs
 Decision making under uncertainty Attitude towards Risk
 Game Theory – Non Cooperative games
 Market Structures, competitive and non-competitive equilibria and their
efficiency properties
 Factor Pricing
 General Equilibrium Analysis
 Efficiency Criteria: Pareto-Optimality, Kaldor – Hicks and Wealth Maximization
 Welfare Economics: Fundamental Theorems , Social Welfare Function
 Asymmetric Information: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard

Unit-2 : Macro Economics

 National Income: Concepts and Measurement
 Determination of output and employment: Classical & Keynesian Approach
 Consumption Function
 Investment Function
 Multiplier and Accelerator
 Demand for Money
 Supply of Money
 IS – LM Model Approach
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 Inflation and Phillips Curve Analysis
 Business Cycles
 Monetary and Fiscal Policy
 Rational Expectation Hypothesis and its critique
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Unit- 3 : Statistics and Econometrics

 Probability Theory: Concepts of probability, Distributions, Moments,
Central Limit theorem
 Descriptive Statistics – Measures of Central tendency & dispersions,
Correlation, Index Numbers
 Sampling methods & Sampling Distribution
 Statistical Inferences, Hypothesis testing
 Linear Regression Models and their properties – BLUE
 Identification Problem
 Simultaneous Equation Models – recursive and non-recursive
 Discrete choice models
 Time Series Analysis

Unit-4 : Mathematical Economics

 Sets, functions and continuity, sequence, series
 Differential Calculus and its Applications
 Linear Algebra – Matrices, Vector Spaces
 Static Optimization Problems and their applications
 Input-Output Model, Linear Programming
 Difference and Differential equations with applications

Unit-5 : International Economics

 International Trade: Basic concepts and analytical tools
 Theories of International Trade
 International Trade under imperfect competition
 Balance of Payments: Composition, Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
and Adjustment Mechanisms
 Exchange Rate: Concepts and Theories
 Foreign Exchange Market and Arbitrage
 Gains from Trade, Terms of Trade, Trade Multiplier

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 Tariff and Non-Tariff barriers to trade; Dumping
 GATT, WTO and Regional Trade Blocks; Trade Policy Issues
 IMF & World Bank

Unit-6 : Public Economics

 Market Failure and Remedial Measures: Asymmetric Information,
Public Goods, Externality
 Regulation of Market – Collusion and Consumers’ Welfare
 Public Revenue: Tax & Non-Tax Revenue, Direct & Indirect Taxes,
Progressive and non-Progressive Taxation, Incidence and Effects of
Taxation
 Public expenditure
 Public Debt and its management
 Public Budget and Budget Multiplier
 Fiscal Policy and its implications

Unit-7 : Money and Banking

 Components of Money Supply
 Central Bank
 Commercial Banking
 Instruments and Working of Monetary Policy
 Non-banking Financial Institutions
 Capital Market and its Regulation

Unit-8 : Growth and Development Economics

 Economic Growth and Economic Development
 Theories of Economic Development: Adam Smith, Ricardo, Marx,
Schumpeter, Rostow, Balanced & Unbalanced growth, Big Push
approach.
 Models of Economic Growth: Harrod-Domar, Solow, Robinson,
Kaldor
 Technical progress – Disembodied & embodied; endogenous growth
 Indicators of Economic Development: PQLI, HDI, SDGs
 Poverty and Inequalities – Concepts and Measurement
 Social Sector Development: Health, Education, Gender

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Unit-9 : Environmental Economics and Demography
 Environment as a Public Good
 Market Failure
 Coase Theorem
 Cost-Benefit Analysis and Compensation Criteria
 Valuation of Environmental Goods
 Theories of Population
 Concepts and Measures: Fertility, Morbidity, Mortality
 Age Structure, Demographic Dividend
 Life Table
 Migration

Unit-10 : Indian Economy

 Economic Growth in India: Pattern and Structure
 Agriculture: Pattern & Structure of Growth, Major Challenges, Policy
Responses
 Industry: Pattern & Structure of Growth, Major Challenges, Policy
Responses
 Services: Pattern & Structure of Growth, Major Challenges, Policy
Responses
 Rural Development – Issues, Challenges & Policy Responses
 Urban Development – Issues, Challenges and Policy Responses.
 Foreign Trade: Structure and Direction, BOP, Flow of Foreign
Capital, Trade Policies
 Infrastructure Development: Physical and Social; Public-Private
Partnerships
 Reforms in Land, Labour and Capital Markets
 Centre-State Financial Relations and Finance Commissions of India;
FRBM
 Poverty, Inequality & Unemployment

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