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ISI MSQE Economics syllabus

Every topic in the syllabus, grouped by subject.

Weightage by subject

Microeconomics

Consumer preferences and utility
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Budget constraint and consumer equilibrium
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Demand theory and elasticity
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Production and returns to scale
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Costs of production
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Perfect competition
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Monopoly and price discrimination
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Monopolistic competition and oligopoly
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Factor markets and income distributionSECONDARY
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General equilibrium and exchange economies
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Market failure, externalities and public goods
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Choice under uncertainty
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Asymmetric information
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Welfare economics and social choice
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Macroeconomics

National income accounting
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Classical macroeconomics
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IS-LM model
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AD-AS model
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Money supply and the banking multiplier
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Demand for money and monetary theories
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Inflation, unemployment and the Phillips curve
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Consumption and investment
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Business cycles and rational expectationsSECONDARY
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Fiscal and monetary policy effectiveness
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Keynesian cross and the multiplier
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Statistics

Descriptive statistics and dispersion
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Probability and Bayes' theorem
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Random variables and standard distributions
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Joint distributions, covariance and correlation
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Sampling distributions and limit theorems
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Point and interval estimation
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Hypothesis testing
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Mathematics

Sets, relations and functions
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Matrices, determinants and linear systems
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Vector spaces, rank and eigenvalues
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Limits, continuity and differentiability
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Single-variable optimisation
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Multivariable calculus
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Constrained optimisation and linear programming
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Concavity, convexity and quasi-concavity
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Integration and its applications
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Sequences, series and convergence
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Difference and differential equations
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Combinatorics and counting
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Real analysis
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Logic and proof techniques
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Econometrics

Linear regression and OLS
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Classical assumptions and their violationsSECONDARY
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Binary-choice and time-series models
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Economics of Growth and Development

Harrod–Domar and Solow growth models
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Endogenous growth and technical progressSECONDARY
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Poverty, inequality and human developmentSECONDARY
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International Economics

Open-economy macroeconomics
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Theories of international tradeSECONDARY
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Trade policy: tariffs, quotas and protectionSECONDARY
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Balance of payments and exchange ratesSECONDARY
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Game Theory

Game theory and strategic behaviour
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Public Economics

Role of the state and public goodsSECONDARY
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Taxation: incidence and efficiencySECONDARY
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SECONDARY topics appear on ISI MSQE but are examined less heavily than the rest of the subject.

Eligibility

A bachelor's degree, usually with a strong mathematics or statistics component. ISI's admission notice has the exact conditions each year.

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