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MICRO ECONOMICS [1]

Paper Code: 
CFSG 103
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

 

CO 11: Students will explore the role of microeconomics in business decisions and interpret the role of Micro and Macro Economics in decision-making. Students will analyze the law of demand and supply and develop an understanding of various types of elasticity of demand and supply

CO 12: Students will examine the utility approach. Students will evaluate the concept of the indifference curve and budget line for making consumer choices in different situations.

CO 13: Students will evaluate the concept of production and cost analysis in different time periods and also examine the practical approach of cost analysis through various practical problems.

CO 14: Students will analyze the different market conditions taking the time element into consideration. Also able to interpret the market situation with real-world business trends.

CO 15: Students will analyze different factors of production and its pricing policy. Students can also examine the modern approaches to factor pricing.

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Practical cases Demonstration, Power point presentation.     

 Learning activities for the students:                              Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Live practical problems analysis

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 
12.00
Unit I: 
Micro Economics and Demand and Supply

Micro Economics: Meaning and Definition, Difference between Micro and Macro Economics. Role of Micro and Macro in Business policy decision making
Demand and Supply: Law of Demand, Determinants of Demand and Supply, expansion & contraction in Demand and Supply curve, Elasticity of Demand and Supply.

12.00
Unit II: 
Utility Approach and Indifference curve Approach

Utility Approach: Meaning, Characteristics of Utility. Measurement of Utility, Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Law of Equi-Marginal utility
Indifference curve Approach: Meaning, Properties of Indifference curves. Budget Line. Consumer Equilibrium- Price, income, and substitution effect.

12.00
Unit III: 
Law of Production and Cost Analysis

Law of Production- Meaning of Production, Law of Variable Proportions, Returns to scale, Economies and Diseconomies of scale Equal product curves (Isoquants)
Cost Analysis: Short-run cost curves and Long run cost curves.

12.00
Unit IV: 
Revenue Analysis, Markets and Price and Output determination

Revenue Analysis-Concept and types
Market: Classification and Features
Price and Output determination under Pure & Perfect Competition and Monopoly, Discriminating Monopoly, Monopolistic competition, and Oligopoly- Kinked demand curve

12.00
Unit V: 
Factor Pricing and Modern theory of distribution

Factor Pricing: Marginal productivity theory of distribution: Assumptions, factor pricing under perfect competition & criticism,
Modern theory of distribution: demand & supply of factors of production, determination of factor price, Modern theory of wages, Rent, Interest and Profit.

Essential Readings: 

Somdeo, Business Economics, RBD, Jaipur
Mathur, N.D, Business Economics, Shivam Publication, Jaipur
Business Economics Chaudhary,C.M ,RBSA, Jaipur
Modern Business Economics,Jain,T.R,VKI Publications
Fundamental of Business Economics, Mithani,D.M Himalaya publication house

References: 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:
Business Economics Ahuja, H.L,s.chand& company ltd
Business Economics-I (Micro)Chaturvedi D.D, brijwasi books distributers and publication
Dwivedi D.N, Managerial Economics, Vikas Publications, Delhi
Business Economics,Gillespie,Andrew
Managerial Economics,Damodaran,Suma,oxford university press
Managerial Economics : A problem Solving approach, Wilkinson, cengage learning

E-RESOURCES:
Managerial economics: William F. Samuelsson, Stephen G. marks http://www.mim.ac.mw/books/Samuelson%20Managerial%20Economics%207e.pdf [2]
UG path Shala: https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/ViewSubject?catid=0YyNXHI8GPO8SUQIuYNt... [3]
NPTEL Video: https://youtu.be/vLPpF0hunwc [4]
EPWRF India Time Series, www.epwrfits.in [5]

REFERENCE JOURNALS:
Economic and Political Weekly, www.epw.in [6]
Indian Journal of Finance
The Economic Challenger

Academic Year: 
2023-2024 [7]

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[1] https://finance.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/micro-economics-0
[2] http://www.mim.ac.mw/books/Samuelson%20Managerial%20Economics%207e.pdf
[3] https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/ViewSubject?catid=0YyNXHI8GPO8SUQIuYNtTA==
[4] https://youtu.be/vLPpF0hunwc
[5] http://www.epwrfits.in
[6] http://www.epw.in
[7] https://finance.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2023-2024