The Economics Research
Course Name:
Economics for Nation Building
This course gives conceptual foundation to Economics. Discusses several areas of Economics. It is free.
Macro Economics Research - Course Contents
Course Contents
When Economics Research is Spoken about, first it comes to Our Mind is the Macro Economics Research. This is because Macro Economics Scope and Impact are Wider and They impact at National and Country Level. Macro Economics Research deals with finding insights and hidden patterns in variables such as Population, GDP, Literacy Rate, Poverty Rate, Unemployment Rate, Inflation Rate, etc. Macro Economics Research Problem Comprises these variables based on the Context and Economic Situation. This specific Course describes 10 different topics on Macro Economics Research. Out of 10 topics, 7 topics are empirical/primary research investigations (these topics are discussed using data points and data analysis); and remaining 3 topics are conceptual and theoretical learnings. 50% of the topics are drawn from Indian Economy; and 50% of the topics are drawn from US Economy. This Macro Economic Research Course discusses following topics:
Topics Covered: (Total: 104 Minutes)
i) Macro Economics Research: Course Overview - video (10 minutes)
ii) Macro Economics Research: Course Introduction – video (9 minutes)
1. Effect of FDI Inflows on Indian Exports (6 minutes)
2. Relationship Between Growth of MSMEs and Indian Imports (15 minutes)
3. Relationship Between Unemployment Rate and Inflation in India (5 minutes)
4. Relationship Between Inflation Rate and GDP Growth Rate in India (6 minutes)
5. What is the Relationship Between Inflation Rate and Market Capitalization in India (7 minutes)
6. Relationship Between Companies Annual Revenues and Market Capitalization in US (12 minutes)
7. Effect of FDI Inflow in US on US GDP (7 minutes)
8. a. Effect of Population on US GDP (8.a and 8.b: 10 minutes)
b. Effect of Literacy Rate on US GDP
9. Relationship Between Literacy Rate and No. of Registered Companies in USA (8 minutes)
10. Relationship Between FDI Outflow from US and Domestic Unemployment Rate in US (9 minutes)
In the empirical investigations, data tables, data analysis techniques, & interpretation are specified.
In theoretical topics, previous knowledge-based discussions and facts based discussions took place.
After completing the Course, a quick 10 MCQs Quiz follows;
Attempting Quiz is not Mandatory; it is Optional.
Once completion of Quiz, one can download the Course Completion Certificate;
Micro Economics - Course Contents
Course Contents
Micro Economics, as a branch of Economics, deals with economic decisions of individuals, families and organizations. It also deals with demand, supply, production, inventory, competition, market structure and product pricing approaches. It is useful to take resource and investment decisions at individual, family and organizational levels. Usually micro economics also comes in business economics, and managerial economics areas. This specific course on Micro Economics deals with 10 different topics on micro economics. Each topic is a theoretical topic describing previous knowledge and facts. The statements provided in different topics may be useful to define hypothesis (by finding evidence of literature by learner) which can be considered in empirical research works. The 10 different topics explained in this Micro Economics Course include:
Topics Covered: (Total: 126 Minutes)
i) Micro Economics: Course Overview-video (8 minutes)
ii) Micro Economics: Course Introduction-video (11 minutes)
1. Different Components of Micro Economics (16 minutes)
2. Demand & Organizational Profit Maximization (9 minutes)
3. Demand Growth & Contract Size in Industry (10 minutes)
4. Competition among Producers (6 minutes)
5. Effect of Existing Players in Industry on New Entrants (9 minutes)
6. Effect of Number of New Entrants on Indian Retail GDP (9 minutes)
7. Effect of Brand Life Time on Brand Value/Organizational Revenue (9 minutes)
8. Product Pricing (9 minutes)
9. Organizational No. of Employees and Projects Executed (12 minutes)
10. Effect of Number of Mergers & Acquisitions on Industrial Annual Revenue (18 minutes)
After completing the Course, a quick 10 MCQs Quiz follows;
Attempting Quiz is not Mandatory; it is Optional.
Once completion of Quiz, one can download the Course Completion Certificate;
Economics Research Models - Course Contents
Course Contents
This specific Course Main Intention was to Provide Real Life Examples from Economics Research Problems. That is, by seeing these examples, one should be able to conduct Economics Research (Primary/Empirical/Secondary Research). With that Intention, this specific Course Provides 10 different Research Problems from Different areas of Economics. For example, 10 Different Research Problems are Provided from Different Branches of Economics such as Developmental Economics, Public Economics, Welfare Economics, Industrial Economics, Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, Macro Economics, Health Economics and Behavioral Economics (one research problem from each branch). This specific topics are useful either to do professional doctoral work, or to conduct industrial/market surveys or to publish papers. Only thing is the learners have to increase or decrease the scope of the problem by adding/removing certain variables from the research problem. The specific economics research problems discussed as part of this course are as follows:
Topics Covered: (Total: 112 Minutes)
i) Economics Research Models: Course Overview – video (11 minutes)
ii) Economics Research Models: Course Introduction – Video (13 minutes)
iii) Introduction to Research Methodology – video (12 minutes)
1. Developmental Economics: “Effect of Budget Allocation on Specific Industry Growth Rate in India” (7 minutes)
2. Welfare Economics: “Effect of Financial Inclusion on Wealth of the Nation” (6 minutes)
3. Public Economics: “Effect of GST Collections on Industry Productivity and Performance” (8 minutes)
4. Behavioral Economics: “Behavioral Factors Effecting Consumer Product Returns in Market” (6 minutes)
5. Health Economics: “Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of Human Development in a Country” (8 minutes)
6. Industrial Economics: “Relationship Between Industrial Productivity and Market Capitalization” (8 minutes)
7. Environmental Economics: “Effect of Agriculture and Transportation on Economic Efficiency” (7 minutes)
8. Monetary Economics: “Effect of Quarterly Inflation Rate, Bank Interest Rates on GDP Growth” (9 minutes)
9. Agricultural Economics: “Irrigation Capacity, Agricultural Budget Allocation, Average Annual Rainfall impact on Agricultural Performance” (7 minutes)
10. Macro Economics: “Effect of Poverty and Unemployment on Number of Startups Coming Up Annually in a Country” (10 minutes)
Each topic is explained with Research Question, Research Objectives, Potential Hypotheses, Probable Data Sources, Data Analysis Techniques which can be applied, and further steps in that specific research.
After completing the Course, a quick 10 MCQs Quiz follows;
Attempting Quiz is not Mandatory; it is Optional.
Once completion of Quiz, one can download the Course Completion Certificate;
Indian EconomY - Course Contents
Course Contents
As on 2024, Indian Economy is worth around $4 trillion. As India is experiencing higher annual GDP growth rates for long time, Indian Economy gained significant importance in the World. One more is region is developed countries like US and Europe were looking at India as investment destination and also destination for offshore and outsourcing destination. This leads us to study Indian Economy in an interesting data based, empirical investigation based, research based, and facts and figures based approaches. This specific course on Indian Economy comprises 10 different topics which include 6 different topics with empirical/data points based research, and remaining 4 topics conceptual and theoretical learning. Specific topics explained in this course include:
Topics Covered: (Total: 116 Minutes)
i) Indian Economy: Course Overview – video (9 minutes)
ii) Indian Economy: Course Introduction – video (9 minutes)
1. Components of Indian Economy (12 minutes)
2. Indian Industries Contribution to GDP (19 minutes)
3. Effect of Poverty on Indian GDP (6 minutes)
4. Effect of Literacy on Indian GDP (6 minutes)
5. Relationship Between Unemployment Rate and GDP (5 minutes)
6. Effect of Literacy on Unemployment Rate in India (8 minutes)
7. Effect of Literacy Rate on Rural GDP and Urban GDP (7 minutes)
8. Impact of Literacy Rate on Population Growth Rate in India (9 minutes)
9. Frontier Sectors for India Economy (15 minutes)
10. Among Agriculture, Industry, Services: Which Sector is Strongly Correlated to Indian GDP (11 minutes)
In the empirical investigations, data tables, data analysis techniques, & interpretation are provided.
In theoretical topics, previous knowledge-based discussions and facts based discussions took place.
After completing the Course, a quick 10 MCQs Quiz follows;
Attempting Quiz is not Mandatory; it is Optional.
Once completion of Quiz, one can download the Course Completion Certificate;
Global EconomY - Course Contents
Course Contents
As on 2024, Global Economy is worth around $100 trillion. Different countries are contributing to Global Economy, with maximum contribution (>25%) coming from US. Other 25% of world economy is Global trade or international trade takes place between different countries of the world. Remaining 50% of the world economy is the domestic economics of different world countries. As economic reforms such liberalization, globalization, privatization, opening up of the markets are taking place in different countries across the world, it is the time now to learn about Global Economy. This specific Course on Global Economy comprises 11 different topics (comprising 6 empirical research/data analysis based topics; and remaining 5 topics are conceptual/theoretical topics). In couple of topics data points from more than 10 different countries are considered. The specific topics covered in this Global Economy course include:
Topics Covered: (Total: 111 Minutes)
i) Global Economy: Course Overview – video (8 minutes)
ii) Global Economy: Course Introduction – video (8 minutes)
1. Relationship Between FDI Inflow and Domestic Unemployment Rate in USA (9 minutes)
2. Among Population, Literacy, No. of Listed Companies, Which has Max. Effect on Country Market Capitalization: A Global Study (10 minutes)
3. Relationship Between No. of Patents and Market Capitalization (10 minutes)
4. Does Total No. of Shares of a Company, has Got Something to do with Top Market Capitalization (5 minutes)
5. Does Brand Value has got Something to do with Organizational Valuation (10 minutes)
6. Different Approaches to Increase Market Capitalization/ Valuation of a Firm (9 minutes)
7. Whether Literacy Rate has Got Something to do with Per Capita Income of Select Countries Globally (8 minutes)
8. Whether % of Women Workforce has got Something to do with Country GDP in Select Countries Globally (9 minutes)
9. Relationship Between Literacy Rate and Human Development Index (HDI) of Select Countries Globally (6 minutes)
10. MSMEs Contribution to US GDP (4 minutes)
11. Effect of US$ Value on Indian GDP and Indian Market Capitalization (15 minutes)
In the empirical investigations, data tables, data analysis techniques, & interpretation are specified.
In theoretical topics, previous knowledge-based discussions and facts based discussions took place.
After completing the Course, a quick 10 MCQs Quiz follows;
Attempting Quiz is not Mandatory; it is Optional.
Once completion of Quiz, one can download the Course Completion Certificate;