Postgraduate Diploma

ECO 0501 MICROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY

1) Fundamental Quantitative Relationships 2) General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium 3) Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis 4) Production Functions• Duopoly• Oligopoly• Bilateral Monopoly• Monopsony 5) Theories of Determination...

ECO 0502 MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY I

1. Revision of income determination from simple closed economy to a four-sector economy 2. Detailed theories of consumption and investment functions 3. The classical and...

ECO 0505 RESEARCH METHODS

1. The objective of this course is to equip students with adequate knowledge and skills in the following aspects of research methodology 2. The philosophy...

ECO 0503 ECONOMIC STATISTICS

1. Sampling and sampling distributions 2. Estimation 3. Tests of hypotheses 4. Extension of regression analysis Simple regression Multiple regression Statistical tests of significance 5....

ECO 0506 ECONOMETRICS

1. Definition and scope of econometrics 2. Stages of econometric research 3. Regression analysis Simple regression Multiple regression Statistical tests of significance 4. Econometric problems...

ECO 0511 PROBLEMS AND POLICIES OF DEVELOPMENT

1. Capital formation Savings / capital accumulation 2. Various income hypotheses Implications for policy / saving 3. Institutional problems Land tenure system Structural rigidities Leadership...

ECO 0521 MONETARY THEORY AND POLICY

1. Role of money in the economy 2. Money and net wealth 3. Demand for and supply of money Under equilibrium conditions Under disequilibrium conditions...

ECO 0532 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

1. Theories of international trade Comparative advantage and factor proportions theories Alternative theories Static and dynamic gains from trade 2. Trade protection Free trade and...

ECO 0541 TAXATION AND FISCAL POLICY

1. Rationale for the existence of the public sector 2. Taxation The theory of taxation Taxation and tax incidence Welfare costs of taxation Negative income...

ECO 0571 MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMISTS

1. Concept of mathematical economics 2. Economic models Components of a mathematical model 3. Types of functions Functions of one or more independent variables 4....

ECO 0561 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

1. Marxian ideals of development 2. Free market system 3. Mixed market economies 4. Country experiences Yugoslav experience French experience USSR experience Japanese experience Tanzanian...

ECO 0562 FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT

1. The financial constraint 2. Sources of development finance Domestic sources Domestic credit creation and its limitations Government surplus Foreign finance The debt problem