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Item No. 4.33

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

Syllabus for the M.Com. (Part-I)

Program: M.Com
Course:
Business Economics
SYLLABUSFORTHES.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:
ThesyllabusofM.ComPart1isdesignedtoacquaintthestudentswiththevariousaspectsof
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:
RecentTrendsinGlobalTradeContentiousissuesAgricultureandMarketAccess,Tradeand
Environmentalissues,DisputeSettlementMechanism.(15Lectures)

SemesterII
ModuleIV:BalanceofPaymentsAdjustment:
ForeignTradeMultiplierandGlobalRepercussionsBOPandPolicyMix:RoleofMonetaryand
FiscalPolicyinBOPTradeoffbetweenInternalandExternalBalance(MundellandFlemming
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:
MovementoflabourbetweencountriesTrendsinMigration,Internationalcapitalmovements
Roleandimpactofforeigncapital,Typesandfactors,RoleofMNCs,ChangingroleoftheIMF
intheemerginginternationalscenario.(15Lectures)

References
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ChangingPatternsofGlobalTrade,INTERNATIONALMONETARYFUND:Preparedbythe
Strategy,Policy,andReviewDepartment,15,2011.

2.

DohaandBeyond:TheFutureoftheMultilateralTradingSystemAuthor:MikeMoore
(Ed.)Publisher:CambridgeUniversityPress,2004.

3.

EconomicGeography:TheIntegrationofRegionsandNationsAuthor:Pierre
PhilippeCombes,ThierryMayer,JacquesFrancoisThissePublisher:PrincetonUniversity
Press,2008.

4.

EUTradeStrategies:RegionalismandGlobalismAuthor:VinodK.AggarwalPublisher:
PalgraveMacmillan,2004.
IntroductiontoInternationalEconomicsAuthor:DominickSalvatorePublisher:John
Wiley&Sons,2011

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InternationalEconomics:TheoryandPolicy(9thEdition)[Hardcover]PaulR.Krugman
(Author),MauriceObstfeld,PearsonEducation,2008.

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

8.

LabourMovement:HowMigrationRegulatesLaborMarketsAuthor:HaraldBauder
Publisher:OxfordUniversityPressInc,USA,2006.

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LabourMovement:HowMigrationRegulatesLaborMarketsAuthor:HaraldBauder
Publisher:OxfordUniversityPressInc,USA,2006.

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Macroeconomics8/e[Hardcover]RudigerDornbusch(Author),StanleyFischer(Author),
Startz(Author),RichardStartz(Editor)

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Mithani&Jhingan,InternationalEconomics,S.Chand&Co.

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PeterKenen:TheInternationalEconomy,(4ed.)CambridgeUniversityPress,2000.

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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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