Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Syllabus Economic Policy and Comparative Development

Semester VI

B. A. (Hons.) Business Economics

Optional Group E: Paper xviii

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POLICY

UNIT 1: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS

· A Very Short Introduction (AVSI), Characteristics of Development pp 1-29

· Development Economics, Chapter-2

· Economic Development, Michael. P. Todaro, Chapter 1 and 2

UNIT 2: GROWTH MODELS

· DE, Chapter-3 Economic Growth, Section-3.3.1(pp 51-56) and Section 3.5 (pp 74-84).

· DE, Chapter 10, pp 353-371 (LEWIS MODEL)

· Introduction to Economic Growth pp20-53 (THE BASIC SOLOW MODEL)

Note- Solow Model shall be covered before Convergence (Section 3.5)

UNIT 3: HUMAN CAPITAL- EDUCATION, INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL & POVERTY.

· Meier pp 450-459 (Education investment in Human Capital)

· Michael P Todaro , Economic Development, Chapter 9 (Human Capital : Education & Health n Economic Development)

UNIT 4: TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS

· Introduction to Economic Growth Chapter 4 & Chapter 5 (up till Page 110)

· Development Economics, Chapter 4 , Section 4.4.4 & 4.4.5

· Growth and Development, A.P Thirwall Chapter 14 (up till page 499) also included are pp 525 -536

· Meier, Section VIII, pp 381-405 (International Trade and International Inequality)

UNIT 5: STATE AND THE MARKET

· F Hayami , Chapter-8 (up till page 212) and also included are pp 233-239

References:

· Debraj Ray, Development Economics, DE, Princeton University Press 1998

· Charles Jones, Introduction to Economic Growth, Second Edition

· Partha Dasgupta, Economics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2007

· Meier, Leading Issues in Economic Development, 5th edition

· Michael.P.Todaro, Economic Development,8th edition.

· F Hayami, Economics (as per the previous syllabus) 61

· A.P Thirwall, Growth and Development ,7th edition

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