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I also digged deeper and found the following books easier to understand the concepts (of course i just had a quick glance at all these books and haven't read them completely).
Micro economics - Hal Varian (Pindyck's book was also good) Macro - Fischer & Startz (Nicely organised, i read Ahuja's book earlier, it was not very helpful) Growth - Todaro (Covers Amartaya sen's model to a good extent and details poverty measures, for some reason as soon as i saw the TOC, i felt this is the book)
Got these references from Delhi schol of economics recommended books for their syllabus. Mishkin's money and banking - Yet to go through
The good part is, all these books are available in internet as PDFs. I am unable to find Salvatore's International Economics book in pdf form. Will hit a library for that.
Could you please provide a link of these stuff so that I can get them?
1) Micro economics - H. L. Ahuja 2) Macro economics - Rana & Verma 3) International economics - Jhingan 4) Development Economics - Jhingan 5) Public Finance - B P Tyagi 6) Indian Economy - mishra & Puri 7) + current affairs
These are best books to study... Basically IAS is an Indian exam not of US or UK, so not a single foreign writer book can cover all the topics in a single segment (i.e. in micro or macro) ... more or less if one covers syllabus of UGC-NET exam, it is sufficient for IAS too... and most of the books from Indian writers cover all the topics ...
Now there are few shortages ...
1) Peacock–Wiseman hypothesis is not covered by tyagi book.. so for alone this topic, reading musgrave is not a good step. Better read this topic through net... same with passineti's views in macro which is not fairly covered in rana/verma and should be read through net. Merely for a single topic, going through a whole book of a foreign writer is not a good decision ...
2) Paper I now includes more and more mathematical economics... Intermediate micro economics from hal varian is good book for this... even if one's maths is fairly good then one can go through managerial economics of dwivedi... by reading this book, one can fill 'mathematical gyan' in every applied economics question ...
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Rest there is no limit of books.... for even micro economics one will suggest you koutsoyiannis, others may suggest you varian, pindyk/rubinfeld, gravelle/rees, barreto, mankiw, das, roychowdhary, etc... then what about macro, international, developmental economics ?? although all these are best writers but one can't read all these books... so its better to stick to a single source for single segment...
I myself have 350 economics books in pdf format (almost all of the well known foreign writers)... whenever I've time will upload them ....
1) Micro economics - H. L. Ahuja 2) Macro economics - Rana & Verma 3) International economics - Jhingan 4) Development Economics - Jhingan 5) Public Finance - B P Tyagi 6) Indian Economy - mishra & Puri 7) + current affairs
These are best books to study... Basically IAS is an Indian exam not of US or UK, so not a single foreign writer book can cover all the topics in a single segment (i.e. in micro or macro) ... more or less if one covers syllabus of UGC-NET exam, it is sufficient for IAS too... and most of the books from Indian writers cover all the topics ...
Now there are few shortages ...
1) Peacock–Wiseman hypothesis is not covered by tyagi book.. so for alone this topic, reading musgrave is not a good step. Better read this topic through net... same with passineti's views in macro which is not fairly covered in rana/verma and should be read through net. Merely for a single topic, going through a whole book of a foreign writer is not a good decision ...
2) Paper I now includes more and more mathematical economics... Intermediate micro economics from hal varian is good book for this... even if one's maths is fairly good then one can go through managerial economics of dwivedi... by reading this book, one can fill 'mathematical gyan' in every applied economics question ...
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Rest there is no limit of books.... for even micro economics one will suggest you koutsoyiannis, others may suggest you varian, pindyk/rubinfeld, gravelle/rees, barreto, mankiw, das, roychowdhary, etc... then what about macro, international, developmental economics ?? although all these are best writers but one can't read all these books... so its better to stick to a single source for single segment...
I myself have 350 economics books in pdf format (almost all of the well known foreign writers)... whenever I've time will upload them ....
But, you must upload them not occasionally but daily because I am absolutely new to Economics and I want to just clear this year's CSE at any cost. And somebody has said we can get photocopies of Indian author books in North Campus so please guide me where it is and where is that photo copy shop. and I do like your opinion about sticking to Indian Authors because CSE is Indian exam not US or others, we have to study everything in INDIAN context.
But, you must upload them not occasionally but daily because I am absolutely new to Economics and I want to just clear this year's CSE at any cost. And somebody has said we can get photocopies of Indian author books in North Campus so please guide me where it is and where is that photo copy shop. and I do like your opinion about sticking to Indian Authors because CSE is Indian exam not US or others, we have to study everything in INDIAN context.
These indian authors' books are easily available in delhi and every book costs 200-400 rs... but if you want photocopy, then first ensure about newest edition... rest about foreign authors, you can read them whenever you want to clear any topic and no need to purchase them, msg me ur mail id... will mail u those books...
@PKS___ I suggest you don't go into reading many books on the same subject. Books on the same topic have different approaches, and it become very difficult to write your answer in a concise manner when you refer multiple books for the same topic. For example, for a chapter like Gen. Equilibrium, the approach varies widely. So, i suggest you, at most use 2 books for a topic. As for the photocopies, i do not know where you might find them(although i hear many people referring to the DSE photocopy shop). Varian, in micro has the most comprehensive coverage of basics, Pindyck and Rubinfeld for market structure, and supplement it with any books from an Indian author, just to fill in the gaps.I reiterate that you may refer multiple books in an area but not for a particular topic. Macroeconomics is THE area where you fill find widely differing approaches. Try eitherFroyen or Snowdon and Vane( suggested by Gaurav Agrawal), both have plenty of graphical explanation as well as intuitive logic. Salvatore is by far the best in terms of coverage of topic for international economics. Development economics by debraj ray is good for selective reading for a few growth models. So is AP Thirlwall for development issues. Public finance and demand and supply of money should probably read from the book of an indian author, because questions are set in an Indian context. Keep yourself updated with news on banking issues and tax issues, as P1 is becoming dynamic. Best of luck Enroll yourself in a library, so you can read the relevant portions of the books.
friends, i am new in economy as an optional.... but i think writing answer on daily basis, it help everyone for preparing economy optional .....
so thinking make separate section in blog, daily writing and post one question on daily basis, so who ever know ans post there or write points if can't make answer properly...
request to all seniors please write answer, it will help you also and all junior, how to write and what to write.
@PKS___ I suggest you don't go into reading many books on the same subject. Books on the same topic have different approaches, and it become very difficult to write your answer in a concise manner when you refer multiple books for the same topic. For example, for a chapter like Gen. Equilibrium, the approach varies widely. So, i suggest you, at most use 2 books for a topic. As for the photocopies, i do not know where you might find them(although i hear many people referring to the DSE photocopy shop). Varian, in micro has the most comprehensive coverage of basics, Pindyck and Rubinfeld for market structure, and supplement it with any books from an Indian author, just to fill in the gaps.I reiterate that you may refer multiple books in an area but not for a particular topic. Macroeconomics is THE area where you fill find widely differing approaches. Try eitherFroyen or Snowdon and Vane( suggested by Gaurav Agrawal), both have plenty of graphical explanation as well as intuitive logic. Salvatore is by far the best in terms of coverage of topic for international economics. Development economics by debraj ray is good for selective reading for a few growth models. So is AP Thirlwall for development issues. Public finance and demand and supply of money should probably read from the book of an indian author, because questions are set in an Indian context. Keep yourself updated with news on banking issues and tax issues, as P1 is becoming dynamic. Best of luck Enroll yourself in a library, so you can read the relevant portions of the books.
Do we need to provide data in tabular format while giving answers(to support the answers) or a theoretical approach can suffice?
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1) Micro economics - H. L. Ahuja
2) Macro economics - Rana & Verma
3) International economics - Jhingan
4) Development Economics - Jhingan
5) Public Finance - B P Tyagi
6) Indian Economy - mishra & Puri
7) + current affairs
These are best books to study... Basically IAS is an Indian exam not of US or UK, so not a single foreign writer book can cover all the topics in a single segment (i.e. in micro or macro) ... more or less if one covers syllabus of UGC-NET exam, it is sufficient for IAS too... and most of the books from Indian writers cover all the topics ...
Now there are few shortages ...
1) Peacock–Wiseman hypothesis is not covered by tyagi book.. so for alone this topic, reading musgrave is not a good step. Better read this topic through net... same with passineti's views in macro which is not fairly covered in rana/verma and should be read through net. Merely for a single topic, going through a whole book of a foreign writer is not a good decision ...
2) Paper I now includes more and more mathematical economics... Intermediate micro economics from hal varian is good book for this... even if one's maths is fairly good then one can go through managerial economics of dwivedi... by reading this book, one can fill 'mathematical gyan' in every applied economics question ...
----------------------------------------
Rest there is no limit of books.... for even micro economics one will suggest you koutsoyiannis, others may suggest you varian, pindyk/rubinfeld, gravelle/rees, barreto, mankiw, das, roychowdhary, etc... then what about macro, international, developmental economics ?? although all these are best writers but one can't read all these books... so its better to stick to a single source for single segment...
I myself have 350 economics books in pdf format (almost all of the well known foreign writers)... whenever I've time will upload them ....
But, you must upload them not occasionally but daily because I am absolutely new to Economics and I want to just clear this year's CSE at any cost. And somebody has said we can get photocopies of Indian author books in North Campus so please guide me where it is and where is that photo copy shop. and I do like your opinion about sticking to Indian Authors because CSE is Indian exam not US or others, we have to study everything in INDIAN context.
But, you must upload them not occasionally but daily because I am absolutely new to Economics and I want to just clear this year's CSE at any cost. And somebody has said we can get photocopies of Indian author books in North Campus so please guide me where it is and where is that photo copy shop. and I do like your opinion about sticking to Indian Authors because CSE is Indian exam not US or others, we have to study everything in INDIAN context.
These indian authors' books are easily available in delhi and every book costs 200-400 rs... but if you want photocopy, then first ensure about newest edition... rest about foreign authors, you can read them whenever you want to clear any topic and no need to purchase them, msg me ur mail id... will mail u those books...
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so thinking make separate section in blog, daily writing and post one question on daily basis, so who ever know ans post there or write points if can't make answer properly...
request to all seniors please write answer, it will help you also and all junior, how to write and what to write.
if anybody have any suggestion welcome ....
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