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Classification Structure - Division 340000 - Economics

	Discipline	Subject	Description
	340100		Economic Theory
		340101	Microeconomic Theory
		340102	Macroeconomic Theory
		340103	Mathematical Economics
		340199	Economic Theory not elsewhere classified
	340200		Applied Economics
		340201	Agricultural Economics
		340202	Environment and Resource Economics
		340203	Finance Economics
		340204	Health Economics
		340205	Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation
		340206	International Economics and International Finance
		340207	Labour Economics
		340208	Macroeconomics (incl. Monetary and Fiscal Theory)
		340209	Public Sector Economics
		340210	Welfare Economics
		340211	Transport Economics
		340212	Economic Geography
		340213	Economic Development and Growth
		340214	Urban and Regional Economics
		340299	Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
	340300		Economic History and History of Economic Thought
		340301	Economic History
		340302	History of Economic Thought
	340400		Econometrics
		340401	Economic Models and Forecasting
		340402	Econometric and Statistical Methods
		340403	Time-Series Analysis
		340404	Cross-Sectional Analysis
		340405	Panel Data Analysis
		340499	Econometrics not elsewhere classified
	349900		Other Economics
		349901	Political Economy
		349902	Comparative Economic Systems
		349999	Economics not elsewhere classified

Definitions

Division 340000 covers Economics. This division has five disciplines:

340100 - Economic Theory
340200 - Applied Economics
340300 - Economic History and History of Economic Thought
340400 - Econometrics
349900 - Other Economics

Discipline 340100 - Economic Theory

This discipline covers economic theory. This discipline has four subjects:

340101 - Microeconomic Theory
340102 - Macroeconomic Theory
340103 - Mathematical Economics
340199 - Economic Theory not elsewhere classified

Discipline 340200 - Applied Economics

This discipline covers applied economics. This discipline has fifteen subjects:

340201 - Agricultural Economics
340202 - Environment and Resource Economics
340203 - Finance Economics
340204 - Health Economics
340205 - Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation
340206 - International Economics and International Finance
340207 - Labour Economics
340208 - Macroeconomics (incl. Monetary and Fiscal Theory)
340209 - Public Sector Economics
340210 - Welfare Economics
340211 - Transport Economics
340212 - Economic Geography
340213 - Economic Development and Growth
340214 - Urban and Regional Economics
340299 - Applied Economics not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


Tourism economics is included in Discipline 350500 Tourism.

Discipline 340300 - Economic History and History of Economic Thought

This discipline covers economic history and the history of economic thought. This discipline has two subjects:

340301 - Economic History
340302 - History of Economic Thought

Discipline 340400 - Econometrics

This discipline covers econometrics. It includes time-series analysis, cross-sectional analysis and panel data analysis. This discipline has six subjects:

340401 - Economic Models and Forecasting
340402 - Econometric and Statistical Methods
340403 - Time-Series Analysis
340404 - Cross-Sectional Analysis
340405 - Panel Data Analysis
340499 - Econometrics not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


Financial econometrics is included in Discipline 350300 Banking, Finance and Investment.

Discipline 349900 - Other Economics

This discipline covers any economics not elsewhere specified. This discipline has three subjects:

349901 - Political Economy
349902 - Comparative Economic Systems
349999 - Economics not elsewhere classified