microeconomics
Definition
The study of the behavior of small economic units, such as that of individual consumers or households. opposite of macroeconomics.
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Related terms:
economics, incremental analysis, marginal analysis
'microeconomics' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com:
Chicago school of economics, deficit financing, demand management, Keynesian economics, macroeconomics
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