IAS Economics/Indian Economic Services

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Our course on IES / IAS Eco / UGC Net contains both video as well as text material. The topics covered are as follows:

Macroeconomics 1

This course is an introductory level course in Macroeconomics and a prerequisite for Macroeconomics I and Macroeconomics II courses. Below are demo versions of original videos, which you will be receiving as a part of real course.

  • National Income Accounting Part 1
  • National Income Accounting Part 2
  • National Income Accounting Part 3
  • National Income Accounting Part 4
  • Money and Inflation Part 1
  • Money and Inflation Part 2
  • Money and Inflation Part 3
  • Classical Theory of Output and Employment Part 1
  • Classical Theory of Output and Employment Part 2
  • Classical Theory of Interest Rate Part 1
  • The Closed Economy in the Short Run Part 1
  • The Closed Economy in the Short Run Part 2
  • The Closed Economy in the Short Run Part 3
Macroeconomics 2

This course will have detailed understanding of
Aggregate demand and Aggregate supply
Inflation, Unemployment and Expectations.

  • Open Economy Models
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Part 1
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Part 2
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Part 3
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Part 4
  • Nominal and Real Interest Rates Part 1
  • Nominal and Real Interest Rates Part 2
  • Wage setting and Price setting relation
  • AD-AS Model Part 1
  • AD-AS Model Part 2
  • The natural rate of Unemployment and Phillips curve
  • Inflation and Nominal money growth
  • Expectations in Macroeconomics
    • Adaptive Expectations
    • Rational Expectations
  • Inflation and Unemployment: Steven Sheffrin
  • Monetarist view: Monetary policy, output and inflation: Froyen
  • New Classical Economics
  • Neo-Classical Synthesis
  • Theories of Interest rate determination:  Classical theory of interest
  • Theories of Interest rate determination: Loanable funds theory
  • Theories of Interest rate determination: Liquidity preference theory
  • Theories of Interest rate structure
Microeconomics 1

This course will cover Consumer Theory and Production and Costs.

  • Cardinal Utility Theory
  • Budget Constraint
  • Consumer Preferences
  • Utility
  • Choice
  • Demand
  • Duality and Indirect Utility function and Expenditure function
  • Revealed Preference
  • Slutsky equation
  • Buying and Selling
  • Intertemporal Choice
  • Consumer Surplus
  • Uncertainty Part 1
  • Uncertainty Part 2
  • Producer Theory
  • Elasticity of Substitution
  • Cobb Douglas Production Function
  • CES production function
  • Translog Production Function
  • Cost Theory Part 1
  • Cost Theory Part 2
  • Duality and Cost Functions
Microeconomics 2

This course will cover the following:

  • Perfect Competition
  • Monopoly
  • Oligopoly Models
    • Cournot
    • Bertrand
    • Stackelberg
  • Monopolistic Competition
  • Welfare economics and General Equilibrium
    • Pareto
    • Scitovsky
    • Hicks
    • Arrow Impossibility Theorem
    • AK Sen’s Social Welfare function
  • Alternative Distribution Theories
    • Ricardo
    • Kaldor
    • Kalecki
  • Marshallian and Walrasian Approaches to price determination
  • Perfect Competition
  • Monopoly Part 1
  • Monopoly Part 2
  • Imperfect Competition Part 1 (Bertrand Model)
  • Imperfect Competition Part 2 (Cournot Model)
  • Imperfect Competition Part 3 (n firm Cournot)
  • Imperfect Competition Part 4 (Product Differentiation in Cournot and Bertrand)
  • Imperfect Competition Part 5 (Tacit Collusion)
  • Imperfect Competition Part 6 (Entry Deterrence)
  • Imperfect Competition Part 7 (Stackelberg Model)
  • Monopolistic Competition Part 1
  • Monopolistic Competition Part 2
  • Existence of General Equilibrium Prices Part 1
  • Existence of General Equilibrium Prices Part 2
  • Edgeworth Box, Pareto Efficiency and Competitive Equilibrium (Cobb Douglas)
  • Edgeworth Box, Pareto Efficiency and Competitive Equilibrium (Perfect Complements and Perfect Substitutes)
  • Edgeworth box economy
  • Welfare economics
  • Pareto Welfare Criterion
  • Hicks Welfare Criterion
  • Scitovsky Welfare Criterion
  • Alternative Distribution Theory : Ricardo
  • Alternative Distribution Theory : Kaldor
  • Alternative Distribution Theory : Kalecki
  • Arrow Impossibility Theorem
  • AK Sen’s Social Welfare function
  • Marshallian and Walrasian Approaches to price determination
Indian Economics

Planning and Development

  • Mahalanobis Model Part 1
  • Mahalanobis Model Part 2
  • Vakil Brahmanand Wage goods Model
  • Recovery of Indian Economy during Nehru Era Part 1
  • Recovery of Indian Economy during Nehru Era Part 2
  • Growth experience of Indian economy
    Story of sustained increase in savings and investment during 1950-2008 Part 1
  • Story of sustained increase in savings and investment during 1950-2008 Part 2
  • Myths about Indian Reforms

 

Demography, Poverty, Inequality and Human Development

  • India’s Demographic Transition and its consequences for Development
  • Debate on Demographic dividend in India
  • Integrating Growth and Development Part 1
  • Integrating Growth and Development Part 2
  • India in Comparative Perspective Part 1
  • India in Comparative Perspective Part 2
  • Inequities in Access to Health Services in India Part 1
  • Inequities in Access to Health Services in India Part 2
  • Inequities in Access to Health Services in India Part 3
  • Inequities in Access to Health Services in India Part 4
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