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Theories of international trade: Comparative advantage theory Factor proportions theory Alternative theories of international trade Static and dynamic gains from trade Empirical testing and policy...

Applications of optimization techniques to the analysis of monopoly behaviour: Multi-plant monopoly problem Multi-product monopoly problem Game theory and applications to analysis of oligopoly models...

Introduction to operations research Solving operations research models Phases of an operations research model Linear programming models: graphical and algebraic methods Classical optimization problems: constrained...

1.Treatment of major econometric problems with emphasis on causes, consequences, detection, and correction: Autocorrelation Heteroscedasticity Multicollinearity Identification problem Dummy variable regression models Distributed lag models...

Nature and scope of econometrics Stages in econometrics research Revision of correlation analysis Ordinary least squares (OLS): basic assumptions of classical linear regression models Simple...

An overview of monetary economics Commercial banking: functions, credit creation, balance sheet structure Financial intermediaries: types, financial claims, financial intermediation Benefits of financial intermediation Introduction...

Government budgeting: the budget cycle, functions, and development of modern budgeting Control of government expenditure The role of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), treasury, the...

Nature and structure of the public sector Public sector in Nigeria Public goods and their economic analysis Free rider problem Externalities Concept of market failure...

The structure of a financial system Definition of financial institution Financial Markets: functions and structure Debt and equity markets Primary and secondary markets Exchange and...

Nature and scope of managerial accounting Management’s use of accounting data Inventory control Capital budgeting Elements of cost accounting: materials, labour, and overhead cost accounting...

The rise of the marginal school: Gossen and Stanley Jevons The marginalist revolution: the Austrian School and J.B. Clark The place of Marshall, Pigou, Keynes,...

A broad survey of the main schools of economic thought from the Orients to the scholastics The mercantilist doctrine and the bullionists Physiocracy and the...