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What (who) is microeconomics - definition

BRANCH OF ECONOMICS THAT STUDIES THE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS AND FIRMS IN MAKING DECISIONS ON THE ALLOCATION OF LIMITED RESOURCES
MicroeconomicS; Microeconomic; Micro-economics; Microeconomy; Micro-economic; Microeconomist; Microeconomic theory; Price theory; Price Theory; Micro-economic theory; Micro economics; Applied microeconomics
  • Microeconomics analyzes the [[market mechanism]]s that enable buyers and sellers to establish [[relative price]]s among goods and services. Shown is a marketplace in Delhi.
  • alt=A graph depicting Quantity on the X-axis and Price on the Y-axis
  • [[United States Capitol Building]]: meeting place of the [[United States Congress]], where many tax laws are passed, which directly impact [[economic welfare]]. This is studied in the subject of [[public economics]].

microeconomics         
¦ plural noun [treated as sing.] the part of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual decisions.
Derivatives
microeconomic adjective
Microeconomics         
Microeconomics is a branch of mainstream economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms. Microeconomics focuses on the study of individual markets, sectors, or industries as opposed to the national economy as whole, which is studied in macroeconomics.
History of microeconomics         
  • [[Ronald Coase]] analyzed transaction costs, externalities and is also remembered for the [[Coase conjecture]].
  • stable equilibrium]].
  • [[Cobweb model]] with [[unstable equilibrium]].
  • envelope]] of short run average total costs (ARC) [[minimum]]s.
  • Utility as function of wealth as described by Bernoulli.
HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICROECONOMICS AS A STUDY
Evolution of microeconomics
Microeconomics is the study of the behaviour of individuals and small impacting organisations in making decisions on the allocation of limited resources. The modern field of microeconomics arose as an effort of neoclassical economics school of thought to put economic ideas into mathematical mode.

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Microeconomics

Microeconomics is a branch of mainstream economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms. Microeconomics focuses on the study of individual markets, sectors, or industries as opposed to the national economy as whole, which is studied in macroeconomics.

One goal of microeconomics is to analyze the market mechanisms that establish relative prices among goods and services and allocate limited resources among alternative uses. Microeconomics shows conditions under which free markets lead to desirable allocations. It also analyzes market failure, where markets fail to produce efficient results.

While microeconomics focuses on firms and individuals, macroeconomics focuses on the sum total of economic activity, dealing with the issues of growth, inflation, and unemployment and with national policies relating to these issues. Microeconomics also deals with the effects of economic policies (such as changing taxation levels) on microeconomic behavior and thus on the aforementioned aspects of the economy. Particularly in the wake of the Lucas critique, much of modern macroeconomic theories has been built upon microfoundations—i.e. based upon basic assumptions about micro-level behavior.

Examples of use of microeconomics
1. Advertisement Someone who understands microeconomics does not necessary understand macroeconomics.
2. The Microeconomics of Traffic By Konstantin Sonin To Our Readers The Moscow Times welcomes letters to the editor.
3. Now there is little connection between this starting point and the modern theories of advanced microeconomics and incentives.
4. Study in contrast Pausing from feeding her business cards through car windows at a street corner, a 28–year–old prostitute named Siham delivers a lesson in microeconomics.
5. But the ideologues have been replaced by a new generation of economists who eschew grand theories for technical expertise in microeconomics and finance.