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Microeconomics – Individuals, Firms, Markets & Market Failure

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This topic is examined in A-Level Paper 1 for AQA Economics. You can find notes for it below:

• Contextual Analysis

Economic Methodology and the Economic Problem

• a) Economic methodology
• b) The nature and purpose of economic activity
• c) Economic resources
• d) Scarcity, choice and the allocation of resources
• e) Production possibility diagrams

Individual Economic Decision Making

• a) Consumer behaviour
• b) Imperfect information
• c) Aspects of behavioural economic theory
• d) Behavioural economics and economic policy

Price Determination in a Competitive Market

• a) The determinants of the demand for goods and services
• b) Price, income and cross elasticities of demand
• c) The determinants of the supply of goods and services
• d) Price elasticity of supply
• e) The determination of equilibrium market prices
• f) The interrelationship between markets

Production Costs and Revenues

• a) Production and productivity
• b) Specialisation, division of labour and exchange
• c) The law of diminishing returns and returns to scale
• d) Costs of production
• e) Economies and diseconomies of scale
• f) Marginal, average and total revenue
• h) Technological change

Perfect Competition, Imperfectly Competitive Markets and Monopoly

• a) Market structures
• b) The objectives of firms
• c) Perfect competition
• d) Monopolistic competition
• e) Oligopoly
• f) Monopoly and monopoly power
• g) Price discrimination
• h) Dynamics of competition and competitive market processes
• i) Contestable and non-contestable markets
• j) Market structure, static and dynamic efficiency, resource allocation
• k) Consumer and producer surplus

The Labour Market

• a) The demand for labour, marginal productivity theory
• b) Influences upon the supply of labour to different markets
• c) The determination of relative wage rates and levels of employment in perfectly competitive labour markets
• d) The determination of relative wage rates and levels of employment in imperfectly competitive labour markets
• e) The influence of trade unions in determining wages and levels of employment
• f) The national minimum wage
• g) Discrimination in the labour market

Distribution of Income and Wealth, Poverty and Inequality

• a) The distribution of income and wealth
• b) The problem of poverty
• c) Government policies to alleviate poverty and to influence the distribution of income and wealth

Market Mechanism, Market Failure and Government Intervention in Markets

• a) How markets and prices allocate resources
• b) The meaning of market failure
• c) Public goods, private goods and quasi-public goods
• d) Positive and negative externalities in consumption and production
• e) Merit and demerit goods
• f) Market imperfections
• g) Competition policy
• h) Public ownership, privatisation, regulation and deregulation of markets
• i) Government intervention in markets
• j) Government failure

Definitions

• 1. Economic methodology and the economic problem
• 2. Individual economic decision making
• 3. Price determination in a competitive market
• 4. Production costs and revenues
• 5. Perfect competition, imperfectly competitive markets and monopoly
• 6. The labour market
• 7. The distribution of income and wealth
• 8. The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets

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Economics A (9EC0): Pearson Edexcel A-Level Past Papers June 2022

Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and Business Behaviour (9EC0/01)  Download Past Paper     -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: A-Level - The National and Global Economy (9EC0/02)   Download Past Paper     -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (9EC0/03)   Download Past Paper     -     Download Mark Scheme

Economics B (9EB0): Pearson Edexcel A-Level Past Papers June 2022

Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and how they Work (9EB0/01)  Download Past Paper     -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: A-Level - Competing in the Global Economy (9EB0/02)   Download Past Paper     -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - The Economic Environment and Business (9EB0/03)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme

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Economics A (9EC0): Pearson Edexcel A-Level Past Papers November 2020

Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and Business Behaviour (9EC0/01)  Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: A-Level - The National and Global Economy (9EC0/02)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (9EC0/03)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme

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Economics A (8EC0): Pearson Edexcel AS-Level Past Papers November 2020

Paper 1: AS - Introduction to Markets and Market Failure (8EC0/01) Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: AS - The UK Economy - performance and policies (8EC0/02) Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme

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Economics B (9EB0): Pearson Edexcel A-Level Past Papers November 2020

Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and how they Work (9EB0/01)  Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme  Paper 2: A-Level - Competing in the Global Economy (9EB0/02)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - The Economic Environment and Business (9EB0/03)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme

Economics B (8EB0): Pearson Edexcel AS-Level Past Papers November 2020

Paper 1: AS - Markets, Consumers and Firms (8EB0/01) Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme  Paper 2: AS - The Wider Economic Environment (8EB0/02) Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme

Economics A (9EC0): Pearson Edexcel A-Level Past Papers June 2019

Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and Business Behaviour (9EC0/01)  Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: A-Level - The National and Global Economy (9EC0/02)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (9EC0/03)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme  

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Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and how they Work (9EB0/01)  Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme  Paper 2: A-Level - Competing in the Global Economy (9EB0/02)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - The Economic Environment and Business (9EB0/03)   Download Past Paper    -     Download Mark Scheme  

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Economics A (9EC0): Pearson Edexcel A-Level Past Papers June 2018

Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and Business Behaviour (9EC0/01)  Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: A-Level - The National and Global Economy (9EC0/02)   Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (9EC0/03)   Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme  

Economics A (8EC0): Pearson Edexcel AS-Level Past Papers June 2018

Paper 1: AS - Introduction to Markets and Market Failure (8EC0/01) Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: AS - The UK Economy - performance and policies (8EC0/02) Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme

Economics B (9EB0): Pearson Edexcel A-Level Past Papers June 2018

Paper 1: A-Level - Markets and how they Work (9EB0/01)  Download Past Paper   -  Download Mark Scheme  Paper 2: A-Level - Competing in the Global Economy (9EB0/02)   Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme Paper 3: A-Level - The Economic Environment and Business (9EB0/03)   Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme  

Economics B (8EB0): Pearson Edexcel AS-Level Past Papers June 2018

Paper 1: AS - Markets, Consumers and Firms (8EB0/01) Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme  Paper 2: AS - The Wider Economic Environment (8EB0/02) Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme

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Economics A (8EC0): Edexcel AS-Level Past Papers June 2016

Paper 1: AS - Introduction to Markets and Market Failure (8EC0/01) -  Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme Paper 2: AS - The UK Economy - performance and policies (8EC0/02) -  Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme

Economics B (8EB0): Edexcel AS-Level Past Papers June 2016

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Edexcel A-Level Economics Past Papers June 2016

Unit 1: Competitive Markets: How they work and why they fail (6EC01) -  Download Past Paper  -  Download Mark Scheme

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In 2015 a report by Public Health England recommended the imposition of a 20% tax on the sale of soft drinks that contain high levels of sugar. Evaluate the likely microeconomic effects of such a tax . (June 2017)

‘Revenue maximisation is a more realistic business objective than profit maximisation for many businesses.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? Refer to an industry of your choice in your answer. (June 2017)

In September 2016 the government approved the building of an £18 billion nuclear power station, Hinkley Point C, which will supply 7% of UK electricity for up to 60 years. The power station is funded by Chinese and French investment. Evaluate the likely private costs and external costs involved in such major power station construction projects. Use an appropriate externalities diagram in your answer. Evaluate the likely private costs and external costs involved in such major power station construction projects. Use an appropriate externalities diagram in your answer. (June 2018)

In July 2016 Apple’s share of the UK market for smartphones was 38%. Evaluate whether such a high market share for one company is in the consumer interest. Use appropriate diagrammatic analysis in your answer. (June 2018)

In July 2017 it was announced that only a third of the BBC’s 96 top earning presenters were women and that its seven highest-paid presenters were all men. According to the High Pay Centre, in 2018, UK chief executives can earn 120 times more than the average full-time worker earning £28 758. With reference to an industry of your choice, evaluate why wage differences exist within the UK labour market. (June 2019)

In October 2017 Scania, the Volkswagen-owned truck maker, was fined €880 million (£771 million) by the European Commission for colluding with five other truck manufacturers over a 14-year period. The firms had agreed to coordinate prices after experiencing additional costs of meeting emission regulations. With reference to an industry of your choice, evaluate why some firms engage in collusive behaviour. (June 2019)

The International Energy Agency has predicted that oil use by cars will peak in 2025 because of the increasing number of drivers switching to electric vehicles. Evaluate the likely microeconomic consequences of consumers shifting from vehicles powered by fuel obtained from oil to electric-powered vehicles. (June 2020)

‘Amazon.com, the giant online retailer, has too much power.’ It uses its market power to put a squeeze on publishers, in effect driving down the prices it pays for books. If a publisher refuses, Amazon may take action by ‘delaying their delivery, raising their prices, and steering customers to other publishers’. Evaluate the likely costs of a monopsony operating in a market such as book retailing. (June 2020)

The national living wage, the minimum wage for 25-year-olds and over, is expected to rise to more than £10.50 an hour in 2024 compared with £8.72 in 2020. The wage does not apply to the UK’s self-employed and ‘gig economy’ workers. Some economists said the increase was ambitious. Business groups warned that employers in sectors such as social care could be hit hard. In large parts of the north of England the living wage has already reached two-thirds of local median earnings, said Professor Shackleton. Evaluate the disadvantages of a significant increase in the national living wage on a specific labour market, such as that for social care workers. (June 2021)

In many industries, such as banking, health insurance, internet search engines, pharmaceuticals, social media and telecommunications, there have been increases in market concentration. Evaluate the possible consequences for business decision making of increased market concentration. Refer to industries of your choice in your answer. (June 2021)

Evaluate the likely costs of a monopsony operating in a market such as book retailing. (June 2021)

Evaluate the disadvantages of a significant increase in the national living wage on a specific labour market, such as that for social care workers. (June 2021)

‘Tradable permits are less effective than taxation in reducing carbon emissions.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (Specimen)

Evaluate the likely microeconomic impact of an increase in the UK national minimum wage. (Specimen)

Tesla held an 82% market share of the electric vehicle market in the United States during the first half of 2020. Evaluate whether a monopoly is likely to operate efficiently. Refer to at least one monopoly of your choice. (Specimen )

Some occupations in the UK are facing large labour shortages. Hard-to-fill vacancies include qualified chefs, software engineers, construction workers and qualified nurses. Evaluate the factors that might influence the supply of labour in an occupation of your choice. (Specimen)

Since the global financial crisis of 2008 there have been over 5 700 increases in tariffs, quotas and administrative controls on international trade. Evaluate the likely effects of an increase in protectionism on the economy of a developing country of your choice. (June 2017)

Global oil prices fell from a 2008 peak of $147 a barrel to $27 in 2016. Evaluate the likely macroeconomic consequences of a significant fall in global oil prices. (June 2017)

In 2016 the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the government would spend an extra £23 billion on innovation and infrastructure over the following five years. Evaluate the likely economic effects of this planned increase in government expenditure. (June 2018)

The British pound fell by over 10% to a 30-year low against the US dollar after the UK voted to leave the European Union. To what extent will this depreciation impact on future economic growth in the UK? (June 2018)

Three of Africa’s main trading blocs have agreed to form the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA). This will create one of the world’s largest free trade areas, stretching across 26 countries with a combined GDP of around £1trillion. Evaluate the effects of the growth of trading blocs such as the TFTA on global trading patterns. (June 2019)

Japan’s budget deficit for 2017/18 is expected to be 4.6% of GDP. Its national debt is forecast to increase to above 250% of GDP by 2019. Evaluate the impact of a large fiscal deficit and national debt on a country’s economy. (June 2019)

In 2018, the United States Government cut the corporation tax rate (tax on company profits) from 35% to 21%. Income tax rates for US citizens were also reduced: for example, the top rate of income tax was cut from 39.6% to 37%. Evaluate the likely impact of cutting tax rates as a policy to increase economic growth. (June 2020)

In terms of income distribution and wealth distribution Brazil is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Its income Gini coefficient is 0.449 and it is ranked number 2 in the world for its wealth inequality. Evaluate possible economic causes of income and wealth inequalities within a country such as Brazil. (June 2020)

The European Central Bank introduced a new round of quantitative easing (QE) in March 2020, purchasing up to €750 billion of assets. The objective of this QE was to reduce the serious risks to the effectiveness of monetary policy resulting from a significant recession. The European Central Bank’s target for inflation remains at ‘below but close to 2%’. Evaluate the effectiveness of quantitative easing during ‘a significant recession’. (June 2021)

It has been estimated that if climate change led to the world’s temperature rising 2.5°C compared to the temperature in 2010, then global GDP per capita would be 15% lower by 2100. If temperatures rise by 4°C compared to the temperature in 2010, then by 2100 global GDP per capita would decline by more than 30%.. Evaluate the potential trade-offs between environmental protection and other macroeconomic objectives. (June 2021)

Both China and the United States have been gradually increasing the tariffs imposed on each other’s exports as their trade dispute continues. The IMF estimated that the trade dispute between China and the United States would reduce global GDP growth by 0.8 percentage points by the end of 2020. Evaluate the likely impact of an increase in protectionism on the global economy. (June 2022)

With global economic growth slowing and inequality rising, the case against globalisation is strengthening. But there are also many benefits to globalisation. Global trade and international trade agreements allow countries to focus on their strengths and share expertise, as well as reducing risk through diversification. Evaluate the likely impact of globalisation on the global economy. (June 2022)

In 2012, it was estimated that Japan’s national debt was equal to 214.3% of its GDP, and Greece’s national debt was equal to 161.3% of its GDP. Evaluate the likely impact of measures which a government could take to reduce the economy’s national debt. Refer to a developed economy of your choice in your answer. (Specimen)

Over the past 25 years, income inequality has been increasing in many developed countries. For example, from 2007 to 2011 Spain’s Gini coefficient rose by 6.0 percentage points, and Ireland’s by 6.6 percentage points. Evaluate the factors which may have caused this increase in income inequality. Refer to a developed economy of your choice in your answer. (Specimen)

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Revision Activities: MCQ Practice Tests for A Level Economics

Last updated 27 Nov 2018

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This collection contains the revision-lesson versions of our popular MCQ revision blast sessions where we attempt at least 10 exam-style and exam-standard multiple choice questions.

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A-Level RS: Poverty Past Paper Question + Model + Plan - Eduqas Christianity

Subject: Religious education

Age range: 16+

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14 May 2024

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Topic: Christian Responses to Poverty (Liberation Theology) Unit: A Study of Religion: Christianity Marks: 50 Marks (20 + 30) Exam Board: Eduqas

The essay is on Liberation Theology and forms part of the Ethics unit of A-Level Religious Studies.

This is a past paper question from 2019 and consists of both a 20 mark and 30 mark question with a total of 50 marks. Students should be given approximately 50 minutes to answer this under timed conditions.

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