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clicking on the JEL code links (for example, A3, H7); these contain more
descriptive guidelines, keywords, and also examples of items with that
specific classification.
A General Economics and Teaching
B History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
C Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
D Microeconomics
E Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
F International Economics
G Financial Economics
H Public Economics
I Health, Education, and Welfare
J Labor and Demographic Economics
K Law and Economics
L Industrial Organization
M Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting
N Economic History
O Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth
P Economic Systems
Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
R Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
Y Miscellaneous Categories
Z Other Special Topics
D
Microeconomics
Guideline:
The distinction between microeconomics and macroeconomics has become ambiguous. A study that may be relevant to both microeconomics and macroeconomics is classified under the appropriate categories in D and E, for example a study on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics. There are also many subcategories in microeconomics that are closely related to those in L(Industrial Organization). In particular, D2 categories and L2 categories, and D4 categories and L1 categories deal with the same or similar subjects. An operational distinction adopted is that studies emphasizing abstract analysis (which can be empirical) should be classified under appropriate categories in D while those emphasizing operational sides (application and applicability) should be classified under appropriate categories in L. Since such a distinction is not always possible, many studies are cross-classified under both categories. Studies about microeconomic issues in specialized fields, summarily referred to as applied microeconomics, are classified under the appropriate field categories. Studies about financial economics and business finance should be classified under the appropriate G categories. Studies about labor and demographic economics should be classified under the appropriate J categories. Micro-studies about business administration, business economics, marketing, and accounting should be classified under the appropriate M categories. Microeconomic studies pertaining to economic development should be cross-classified under appropriate D categories and under O12 and/or other appropriate O categories. Those studies pertaining to socialist and transitional economies or other economic systems should be cross-classified under appropriate categories in D and P2, P3, or P4. Microeconomic studies at the urban-regional level should be cross-classified under appropriate categories in D and R.
Covers studies about issues related to microeconomics in general. Survey articles about microeconomics in general or textbooks on microeconomics are classified here. Some studies about current state of microeconomics may be classified here as well as under A10 if they are accessible to non-specialists.
