Paper 1
Evaluate the likely microeconomic effects of government intervention in the UK housing market. (June 2016)
Evaluate the case for government provision of goods and services such as flood defence schemes or housing. (June 2016)
Evaluate the possible advantages of a free market approach to cigarette consumption. (June 2017)
Evaluate the impact of government intervention in the cigarette market. (June 2017)
Using the concept of external costs, evaluate whether nuclear power is under-provided or over-provided in the energy market. Use an appropriate diagram in your answer. (June 2018)
Evaluate ways in which government intervention could be used to reduce carbon emissions. Use at least one appropriate diagram in your answer. (June 2018)
Evaluate possible ways the government could intervene to reduce the excess demand for state-funded health care. (June 2019)
Evaluate the possible disadvantages of a free market approach to providing health care. (June 2019)
Evaluate the possible advantages of a free market approach to providing services such as education. (June 2020)
Evaluate whether government intervention is able to correct market failure in education. (June 2020)
Some economists suggest that the market price of cod does not result in the socially optimum level of output. Evaluate the likely external costs from the over-fishing of cod. Use an appropriate diagram in your answer. (June 2022)
Other than using a TAC, evaluate the policy options which could be used to reduce market failure resulting from over-fishing. Use at least one appropriate diagram in your answer. (June 2022)
Using the concept of external costs, evaluate the possible economic effects of increased beef production. Use an appropriate diagram in your answer. (Specimen)
Evaluate the impact of a guaranteed minimum price in the beef market on consumers and producers. Use an appropriate diagram in your answer. (Specimen)
Paper 2
Evaluate whether the MPC has been successful in controlling the UK’s inflation rate since 2011. (June 2016)
Evaluate demand-side policy responses to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. (June 2016)
Evaluate the benefits of economic growth to the UK given that ‘a number of concerns remain’ in the UK economy (Extract A, line 7). (June 2017)
Evaluate the view that another recession is ‘inevitable’ in the UK (Extract A, line 24). (June 2017)
Evaluate government policies, apart from migration policies, that could be used to increase the employment rate in the UK. (June 2018)
Evaluate the likely impact of high inflation on the UK government’s macroeconomic objectives. (June 2018)
Evaluate the use of interest rate changes as a means of controlling UK inflation. (June 2019)
Evaluate the potential conflicts between the objective of economic growth and two other UK macroeconomic objectives. (June 2019)
Evaluate supply-side policies that could be used to increase the UK’s rate of economic growth. (June 2020)
Evaluate the likely macroeconomic effects of the UK government pursuing a policy of reducing its budget deficit. (June 2020)
Evaluate the fiscal policies the UK Government could use if it believes that ‘the UK economy is likely to experience another recession’ (Extract A, lines 27–28). (June 2022)
Evaluate the supply-side policies the UK Government could use to increase the UK’s productivity. (June 2022)