Advanced Macroeconomic Theory – I

Paper Code: 
DECO 702
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1.      To introduce the students to national income accounting.

2.      To acquaint them with the theories of consumption and investment as well as money demand and supply.

3.      To make them understand the models of income and output determination under classical and Keynesian schools of thought. 

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Unit I: 
National Income Accounting

·         National income – Aggregates

·         Circular flow of income

·         Measurement of National Income

·         Recent Changes in National Income Estimation in India,

·          National Income and Economic Welfare,

·         Flaws in conventional system of National Income Accounting,

·         Green Accounting.

 

18.00
Unit II: 
Income Consumption Relationship

·      Keynes’ Psychological law of Consumption;

·      Short run and Long run consumption functions;

·      Kuznets’ Consumption Puzzle,

·      Irving Fisher and Inter-temporal Choice;

·      Consumption function  hypotheses–Absolute Income Hypothesis, Relative Income Hypothesis, Life-Cycle Hypothesis and Permanent Income Hypothesis 

18.00
Unit III: 
Money, Interest and Investment

·         Demand for Money – Classical and Keynesian Approach; Post Keynesian theories of demand for Money - Baumol, Tobin and Friedman.

·         Supply of Money - RBI’s approach to money supply, H theory of Money Supply

·         Interest Rate - Monetary Equilibrium & Rate of Interest, Interest Rate theories – Classical theory, Loanable Funds theory & Liquidity Preference theory.

·         Theory of Investment - Components of investment; Marginal efficiency of capital and Marginal efficiency of investment; Accelerator theory

18.00
Unit IV: 
Classical Macroeconomics

·         Simple Classical Model –determination of equilibrium output and employment;

·         Say’s law of Market and Quantity Theory of Money;

·         Effect of - Changes in money supply, labour supply, labour demand and rigid wages - on the full employment equilibrium values;

·         Classical Model with savings and investment

·         Criticisms of the Classical model

18.00
Unit V: 
Keynesian System

·         Equilibrium in the Product Market – The aggregate demand and aggregate supply approach, Savings- Investment approach;

·         Multiplier-  Meaning & Working,

·         Concept of Static and Dynamic Multiplier

·          Government Expenditure Multiplier, Tax Multiplier, Balanced Budget Multiplier;

·          Keynesian Theory of Employment,

·         Complete Keynesian Model

Essential Readings: 

1.      Rastogi Saurabh and Aiyar Shekhar, National Income and Accounting, Lotus Books.

2.      Richard,T.Froyen, Macroeconomics: Theories and Policies, Pearson Education India; 10 edition ,2013.

3.      Vaish, M.C. Macroeconomic Theory, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 14th Edition, 2014.

References: 

1.        Branson, W. H., Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, Affilated East-west Press Pvt Ltd.; 3rd edition, 2005.

2.        Gregory Mankiw, Macroeconomics, Worth Publishers Inc.,5th Revised edition, 2002.

3.        Edgemond, P., Macroeconomics, PHI, New Delhi, 1999.

4.        Rana, K.C.&Verma, K.N., Macroeconomic Analysis, Vishal Publishing Co., 11th edition, 2014.

5.        Ahuja, H. L.,Macroeconomics – Theory & Policy, S. Chand, 20th edition, 2019.

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