Managerial Economics

Suma Damodaran, PhD, is Professor of Economics at XLRI, Jamshedpur. Formerly a faculty at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, she had over two decades of experience in teaching. Dr Damodaran's research and consultancy interests are in the subjects of Managerial Economics and Industrial Economics.

PART ONE ; THE FOUNDATION ; 1. Introduction ; PART TWO ; THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE FIRM ; 2. Demand ; 3. Behind the Demand Curve ; 4. Demand estimation and Forecasting ; 5. Firm as a Producer ; 6. Analysis of Production: Theory and estimation ; 7. Analysis and estimation of Costs ; 8. Supply ; PART THREE ; PRICE AND OUTPUT DECISIONS IN PRODUCT MARKETS ; 9. The Competitive and Monopoly Model ; 10. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly ; 11. Alternate Pricing Practices ; 12. Markets for Factor inputs ; 13. Long term Investment and Risk Analysis ; PART FOUR ; MARKET FAILURES ; 14. Economics of Information ; 15. Externalities and Public Goods ; PART FIVE ; MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ; 16. Macroeconomic Aggregates ; 17. Fiscal, Monetary, and Exchange Rate Policies ; 18. The New Economy ; APPENDICES ; 1. APPENDIX 1: LINEAR PROGRAMMING ; 2. APPENDIX 2: CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION: LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS ; 3. APPENDIX 3: PRIMER ON FUNCTIONS, DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS, AND DISCOUNTING ; 4. APPENDIX 4: STATISTICAL APPENDICES ; APPENDIX 4(A): CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE T-DISTRIBUTION ; APPENDIX 4(B) CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE F-DISTRIBUTION (A = .05) ; APPENDIX 4(C): CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE F-DISTRIBUTION (A =.01) ; APPENDIX 4(D): DURBIN-WATSON STATISTIC: (ONE-TAIL TEST, A = .05) ; APPENDIX 4(E) DURBIN-WATSON STATISTIC ; APPENDIX 4(F) AREAS UNDER THE NORMAL CURVE ; 5. APPENDIX 5: DISCOUNT TABLES ; APPENDIX 5(A): FUTURE VALUE OF $1 AT THE END OF N PERIODS ; APPENDIX 5(B): SUM OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 PER PERIOD FOR N PERIODS ; APPENDIX 5(C): PRESENT VALUE OF $1 RECEIVED AT THE END OF N PERIODS ; APPENDIX 5(D): PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 PER PERIOD FOR N PERIODS