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Discipline within Social Sciences
Economics
Kinh tế học
Economics analyzes how individuals, businesses, and governments make choices about allocating limited resources. It examines production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, as well as the behavior of markets and economies.
Key Questions
- •How do markets allocate resources?
- •What causes economic growth and recessions?
- •How do people make economic decisions?
Subfields & Specializations (6)
Microeconomics
Kinh tế vi mô
Study of individual and firm decision-making and market behavior
Macroeconomics
Kinh tế vĩ mô
Study of economy-wide phenomena like inflation, unemployment, and growth
Behavioral Economics
Kinh tế học hành vi
Integration of psychological insights into economic decision-making
Development Economics
Kinh tế phát triển
Study of economic development in low-income countries
International Economics
Kinh tế quốc tế
Study of trade, finance, and economic relations between countries
Labor Economics
Kinh tế lao động
Study of labor markets, wages, employment, and human capital