JAMB Economics 1987 Question 2

Question 2

Basic Concepts

The study of the economic behaviour of individual decision-making units (consumers, resource owners and business firms) in a free-enterprise economy is known as

  1. A.microeconomics
  2. B.macroeconomics
  3. C.production
  4. D.indifference curve.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (microeconomics)

Explanation

Microeconomics studies individual units such as households and firms; macroeconomics studies the whole economy.