*****STUDY MATERIAL FOR JRF QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS****SYLLABUS OF QEA= Permutations and combinations,Theory of quadratic and cubic equAtions; Elementary set theory,Matrix algebra, rank and inverse of matrices, linear equations, determinants, and eigen values,Functions  of  one  and  two  variables:  Limits,  continuity,differentiation,  applications, integration of elementary functions, and definite integrals,Constrained  and  unconstrained  optimization,  convexity  of  sets, and  concavity  and convexity of functions,Elements of probability theory,discrete and continuous random variables, expectation and variance, joint conditional and marginal distributions, and distribution of function of a random variable. *****Syllabus for QEB******Theory  of  consumer  behaviour;  Theory  of  production;  Market  structure;  General equilibrium and welfare economics; International trade and finance; Public economics,Macroeconomic theories of income determination, rational expectations, Phillips Curve, neoclassical growth model, and inequality,Game Theory: Normal and extensive forms, and Nash and sub-game perfect equilibrium,Multiple  Regression  Model:  Least  squares  and  maximum  likelihood methods  of estimation,  heteroscedasticity,  autocorrelation,  multicollinearity,  specification biasexogeneity, and instrumental variables,Time Series Analysis: Stationarity, trend, seasonality, unit root tests, and ARMA model.