w w w e tr .X m eP UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level e ap .c rs om MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2007 question paper 9708 ECONOMICS 9708/02 Paper 2 (Data Response and Essay (Core))‚ maximum raw mark 40 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate
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Chapter 4 Economic Efficiency‚ Government Price Setting‚ and Taxes Prepared by: Fernando & Yvonn Quijano © 2009 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Economics Hubbard/O’Brien UPDATE EDITION. Should the Government Control Apartment Rents? Learning Objectives 4.1 Distinguishing between the concepts of consumer surplus and producer surplus. 4.2 Understand the concept of economic efficiency. 4.3 Explain the economic effect of government imposed price ceilings and price floors
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Economics Answers Define the following terms: 1) Public goods are goods that when produced can be freely consumed by anyone‚ for example the justice system. They are made up of the following goods‚ non-exclusive and non-rival. Non-exclusive goods are goods that people cannot be excluded from consuming‚ it is difficult or impossible to charge for its use which implies no private market as benefits cannot be denied to those who refuse to pay‚ for example public TV. Non-rival goods or
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1. Below is a list of topics in usually studied in economics. Determine whether each topic deals under the area of microeconomics or macroeconomics. a. How Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas influences the consumer spending in the Philippines. b. How a household decides what LPG brand to buy. c. How a firm decides whether to continue business or shutdown. d. How debt affects the income gap among Filipinos. e. How new parents decide whether to work or stay at home with their children. f. How the
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Economics Reviewer (For IV- Understanding ONLY) Market – the medium in which buyers and sellers interact. (Note: its meaning is not limited to a location or geographical area‚ it also focuses on people who are WILLING and ABLE to buy and/or sell goods and services. Two major players/actors in the market: Buyers & Sellers Market Equilibrium: when buyers and sellers agree at a certain price and quantity to transact Price Equilibrium: price agreed by both buyers and sellers. Quantity Equilibrium:
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Economics is concerned with the way limited resources are distributed/allocated among alternative uses to satisfy unlimited human wants. It helps to understand the nature and organization of society and the operation and behaviour of business firms and other economic decision-making units. Microeconomics deals with the economic behaviour of individual units (consumers‚ firms‚ resource holders): how scarce resources are allocated among alternative uses; the role of prices and markets. Macroeconomics
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short questions. Each question is of equal value. (36 Marks) a) What is the difference between positive and normative statements in economics? Provide an example of each. Normative statements are subjective‚ often without a basis in fact or without evidence‚ the statements involve judgments about what should or ought to happen. Positive economics involves statements about economic reality‚ which can be supported or rejected based on facts. Positive statements don’t have to be true‚ but arguable
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de-regulated the industry in 2000. * They do not have perfect policies and regulations to control farm product price * shocked industry leaders and put local jobs at risk 3. What economic theories can be drawn? * Government intervention * Actions on the part of government that affect economic activity which includes “taxes”‚ price controls‚ assorted regulations‚ and control over government spending. * Deregulation allowed for
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Perfect competition A perfectly competitive market is a hypothetical market where competition is at its greatest possible level. Neo-classical economists argued that perfect competition would produce the best possible outcomes for consumers‚ and society. Ex:- Wheat‚ rice Key characteristics Perfectly competitive markets exhibit the following characteristics: 1. There is perfect knowledge‚ with no information failure or time lags. Knowledge is freely available to all participants‚ which means
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Scope of Economics ‘Scope’ means the sphere of study. We have to consider what economics studies and what lies beyond it. The scope of economics will be brought out by discussing the following. a) Subject – matter of economics. b) Economics is a social science c) Whether Economics is a science or an art? d) If Economics is science‚ whether it is positive science or a normative science? a) Subject – matter of economics: Economics studies man’s life and work. It does not study how a person
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