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C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
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C2 - Single Equation Models; Single Variables
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- C33 - Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
- C36 - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- C4 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics
- C5 - Econometric Modeling
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D - Microeconomics
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D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics
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- D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
- D14 - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D15 - Intertemporal Household Choice: Life Cycle Models and Saving
- D18 - Consumer Protection
- D2 - Production and Organizations
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- D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
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D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
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- D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
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- D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
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D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
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- D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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- D84 - Expectations; Speculations
- D85 - Network Formation and Analysis: Theory
- D86 - Economics of Contract: Theory
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E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
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E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy
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- E20 - General
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- E25 - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
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E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
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- E65 - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
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F - International Economics
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F1 - Trade
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H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
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J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor
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J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
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- J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
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- J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- J68 - Public Policy
- J7 - Labor Discrimination
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L - Industrial Organization
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L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
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- L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- L12 - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
- L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L14 - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks
- L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
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N - Economic History
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- O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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- O34 - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
- O38 - Government Policy
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- Q54 - Climate; Natural Disasters; Global Warming
- Q55 - Technological Innovation
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- R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
- R15 - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Models
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