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Syllabus for the M.Com. (Part-I) Program: M.Com Course: Business SYLLABUS FORTHEEconomics S.Y.B.COM/B.A.
PROGRAM:B.COM/B.A. COURSE:ADVERTISING(APPLIEDCOMPONENT)

(Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic year 20122013)
SemesterBasedCreditandGradingSystem w.e.f.theAcademicyear20122013

M.Com.PartI:ECONOMICSOFGLOBALTRADEANDFINANCE SYLLABUSFORSEMESTERSIANDII
Preamble: The syllabus of M. Com Part 1 is designed to acquaint the students with the various aspects of International Trade, Commercial Policy and Global Finance as well as recent trends and developmentsininternationaltrade.

SemesterI
ModuleI:CommercialPolicy: Tariff and Nontariff barriers, Miscellaneous Protection Techniques Dumping, Subsidies, CartelsandCommodityAgreements.(15Lectures) ModuleII:EconomicsofIntegration: Types of integration (EU, NAFTA, APEC, ASEAN, and SAARC): Achievements and Future prospects,RegionalismVs.Multilateralism(15Lectures) ModuleIII:TrendsinWorldTrade,WTOandDevelopingCountries: Recent Trends in Global Trade Contentious issues Agriculture and Market Access, Trade and Environmentalissues,DisputeSettlementMechanism.(15Lectures)

SemesterII
ModuleIV:BalanceofPaymentsAdjustment: Foreign Trade Multiplier and Global Repercussions BOP and Policy Mix: Role of Monetary and Fiscal Policy in BOP Tradeoff between Internal and External Balance (Mundell and Flemming Model)(15Lectures) ModuleV:ForeignExchangeMarket: Flexible Exchange Rate, Currency convertibility, Significance of foreign exchange reserves, Exchange risks, Global linkage of foreign exchange markets, Open and Closed: Interest Parity Conditions Euro Currency Markets , Euro Equity and Euro Bonds Markets Nature and Characteristics.(15Lectures)

ModuleVI:InternationalFactorMovements: Movement of labourbetween countries Trends in Migration, International capital movements Role and impact of foreign capital, Types and factors, Role of MNCs, Changing role of the IMF intheemerginginternationalscenario.(15Lectures)

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InternationalEconomics,RobertC.Foenstra&AlanM.Taylor,WathPublishers,USA.

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LabourMovement:HowMigrationRegulatesLaborMarketsAuthor:HaraldBauder Publisher:OxfordUniversityPressInc,USA,2006. LabourMovement:HowMigrationRegulatesLaborMarketsAuthor:HaraldBauder Publisher:OxfordUniversityPressInc,USA,2006. Macroeconomics8/e[Hardcover]RudigerDornbusch(Author),StanleyFischer(Author), Startz(Author),RichardStartz(Editor)

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Mithani&Jhingan,InternationalEconomics,S.Chand&Co. PeterKenen:TheInternationalEconomy,(4ed.)CambridgeUniversityPress,2000. BoSodersten,InternationalEconomics.

InternalandExternalSemesterExaminationforSemesterIandII.

InternalExamination:ProjectWork.Topicswillbebasedonthesyllabus.(Total40Marks)
20MarksfortheDocumentation 10MarksforPresentation 10MarksViva.

ExternalExamination:QuestionPaperPatternforSemestersIandII.(TotalMarks60)
There will be four questions in all. All the questions are COMPULSORY and will have internal choice.Thequestionpaperwillbeof60marksand2hoursduration.

Q1. Module I (Total marks 14) Q1 - A OR B Attempt any one. (In case of sub questions 7 marks each.)

Q2. Module II (Total marks 14) A OR B Attempt any one. (In case of sub questions 7 marks each.)

Q3. Module III (Total marks 14) A OR B Attempt any one. (In case of sub questions 7 marks each.)

Q4. Write explanatory notes Attempt Any Two: (Total -18 marks)

Three explanatory notes: A , B and C (One on each module 9 marks each).

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