Exam Details
| Subject | Public Economics | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Master of Arts in Economics | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Attempt any two questions from this section.Answer in about 500 words each.
1. What is 'Market Failure'? State the forms of governmental intervention to solve the problems created by market failure.
2. What do you mean by burden of public debt Explain Ricardo-Pigou Thesis regarding transfer of burden of public debt to future generations.
3. Distinguish between private and public goods. Explain Lindahl pricing as applied to public goods.
4. Explain the Allingham Sandono Model of tax evasion. Distinguish between tax avoidance and tax evasion giving suitable examples.
Attempt any five questions from this section. Answer in about 300 words each.
5. Write about economic advantages and disadvantages of decentralisation.
6. Discuss the various stages involved in 'policy process'.
7. Give Ree's arguments for and against privatisation.
8. What is 'Fiscal Equity'? Distinguish between Horizontal Equity and Vertical Equity.
9. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Joint Venture
Lafer Curve
Strategic Voting
Block Pricing
10. Explain Horizontal and Vertical imbalances. How does transfer of grants correct these imbalances in a federal economy?
11. What is Median Voter Theorem? Explain through a model, how does the median voter prevail.
12. Bring out the main contours of difference between fiscal federalism and political federalism.
1. What is 'Market Failure'? State the forms of governmental intervention to solve the problems created by market failure.
2. What do you mean by burden of public debt Explain Ricardo-Pigou Thesis regarding transfer of burden of public debt to future generations.
3. Distinguish between private and public goods. Explain Lindahl pricing as applied to public goods.
4. Explain the Allingham Sandono Model of tax evasion. Distinguish between tax avoidance and tax evasion giving suitable examples.
Attempt any five questions from this section. Answer in about 300 words each.
5. Write about economic advantages and disadvantages of decentralisation.
6. Discuss the various stages involved in 'policy process'.
7. Give Ree's arguments for and against privatisation.
8. What is 'Fiscal Equity'? Distinguish between Horizontal Equity and Vertical Equity.
9. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Joint Venture
Lafer Curve
Strategic Voting
Block Pricing
10. Explain Horizontal and Vertical imbalances. How does transfer of grants correct these imbalances in a federal economy?
11. What is Median Voter Theorem? Explain through a model, how does the median voter prevail.
12. Bring out the main contours of difference between fiscal federalism and political federalism.
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