Category:A level Economics

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Contents 1 Select an Exam Board 2 Macro Economics 3 International Economics 4 Micro Economics 5 Market Failure 6 Theory of the Firm and Industrial Economics 7 The labour market 8 The European Union 9 Development Economics 10 What is development Economics? 11 Transport Economics

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AQA A level Economics

Edexcel A level Economics

OCR A level Economics

Macro Economics

Indicators of National Economic Performance,

Aggregate demand curve,

Aggregate supply,

Consumption and savings,

Investment,

Government spending,

Government borrowing,

Exports and Imports,

Use and limitations of national income statistics,

Objectives of government macroeconomic policy,

Inflation,

Unemployment,

Economic growth,

Balance of payments,

Taxation and public spending,

Phillips curve,

Conflicts Between Macro Economic Objectives,

Fiscal policy,

Monetary policy,

Supply-side policies,

Demand management or supply side?.

International Economics

UK trade,

Trade with developing economies,

Globalisation,

International exchange,

Types of trading blocs,

Examples of trading blocs,

Trade liberalisation,

Types of trade protectionism,

Reasons for trade protectionism,

Trade creation and trade diversion,

Sources of possible conflict between trading blocs,

The Common Agricultural Policy,

The World Trade Organisation (WTO),

International competitiveness,

The UK’s changing international competitive situation,

Balance of payments,

Remedies for a balance of payments disequilibrium,

Exchange rate systems,

What Determines The Value Of An Exchange Rate?,

European Monetary Union.

Micro Economics

The nature and purpose of economic activity,

Positive and Normative Economics,

Factors of Production,

Scarcity,

Opportunity Cost,

The Production Possibility Frontier (PPF),

Specialisation and the Division of Labour,

Short Run and Long Run,

Production and productivity,

Economies of Scale,

Introduction to economic efficiency,

Comparative and Absolute Advantage,

The Demand for Goods and Services,

The Supply of Goods and Services,

The Equilibrium of Demand and Supply,

Consumer Surplus,

Producer Surplus,

Price Elasticity of Demand ,

Income Elasticity of Demand ,

Cross Price Elasticity of Demand,

Price Elasticity of Supply,

Composite demand, derived demand and joint supply,

Labour Markets,

Housing Markets,

Exchange rates (Money Markets),

Entry and Exit of Firms,

Government Intervention in Markets: Minimum Prices,

Rationale for Government intervention,

Government Intervention in Markets: Maximum Prices,

Agricultural Markets,

Indirect Taxes,

Indirect Subsidies,

Buffer stocks,

Pollution permits,

State provision and regulation,

Subsidies,

Economic Systems,

Market Failure

An Introduction To Market Failure,

Externalities,

Government policies - correcting for externalities,

Merit Goods,

De-merit Goods,

Public Goods,

Indirect Taxes,

Subsidies,

Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA),

Barriers to Entry,

Monopolies,

Market imperfections,

Inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth,

Theory of the Firm and Industrial Economics

The birth and growth of firms. The motives and methods of growth,

Costs,

Revenue,

Profit,

Alternative motives for firms,

Divorce of ownership and control,

Short run and long run,

Technological Change, Costs and Supply in the Long-run,

Diminishing Marginal Returns and Economies of scale,

Perfect competition,

The dynamics of competition and competitive market processes,

Price makers and price takers,

Sources of monopoly power,

Introduction to monopoly,

Monopoly,

Monopolistic competition,

Game theory,

Oligopoly,

Cartels,

Comparing efficiency between the market structures,

Monopoly And The Public Interest,

Measures of market concentration,

Price discrimination in monopoly,

Pricing and non-pricing strategies,

Contestable markets,

Competition policy,

Regulation of privatised industries,

Public ownership and privatisation,

De-regulation of markets,

The labour market

Demand for labour (marginal productivity theory),

Supply of labour,

Determination of wage rates in competitive markets,

Influence of trade unions,

Influence of monopsonistic employers,

Discrimination in the labour market,

Distribution of income and wealth,

Notions of equity,

Problem of poverty,

Government policies to alleviate poverty,

Government policies to influence distribution of income and wealth,

The European Union

History of the EU

The future of the EU

Opportunities of the single market,

European Monetary Union.

The future of the euro.

The widening of European integration,

The deepening of European integration,

Regional problems of the EU,

The Common Agricultural Policy,

EU tax harmonisation,

EU economic and social policies,

Pan-European unemployment, effects of inflation targeting and interest rate policy,

Globalisation,

International exchange,

Types of trading blocs,

Examples of trading blocs,

Trade liberalisation,

Types of trade protectionism,

Reasons for trade protectionism,

Trade creation and trade diversion,

Sources of possible conflict between trading blocs,

Trade Disputes in a European Context ,

EU transport policy,

EU environment policy,

EU competition policy,

EU fisheries policy

Development Economics

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What is development Economics?

This is not as simple as for example defining economic Growth, as there are a number of different definitions. However what is common to all is the view that development economics is about improving the quality of life for all in society.

Transport Economics

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Articles in category "A level Economics"

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A Aggregate Aggregate supply Agricultural Markets Alternative motives for firms (A level Econ) An Introduction To Market Failure (A level Econ) B Balance of payments Barriers to Entry (A level Econ) Buffer stocks (A level Econ) C Cartels (A level Econ) Comparative and Absolute Advantage (A level Econ) Comparing efficiency between the market structures (A level Econ) Competition policy (A level Econ) Composite demand, derived demand and joint supply (A level Econ) Conflicts Between Macro Economic Objectives Consumer Price Index Consumer Surplus (A level Econ) Consumption Contestable markets (A level Econ) Corvée Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) (A level Econ) Costs (A level Econ) Cross Price Elasticity of Demand (A level Econ) D De-merit Goods (A level Econ) De-regulation of markets (A level Econ) Deflation Demand for labour (marginal productivity theory(A level Econ) Demand management or supply side? Determination of wage rates in competitive markets (A level Econ) Diminishing Marginal Returns and Economies of scale (A level Econ) Discrimination in the labour market(A level Econ) Distribution of income and wealth(A level Econ) Divorce of ownership and control E EU Trade Disputes EU competition policy (A level Econ) EU economic and social policies (A level Econ) EU environment policy (A level Econ) EU tax harmonisation (A level Econ) EU transport policy (A level Econ) Economic Systems (A level Econ) Economic growth Economies of Scale (A level Econ) Entry and Exit of Firms (A level Econ) Equilibrium of aggregate demand and supply (A level Econ) Examples of trading blocs (A level Econ) Exchange rate systems (A level Econ) Exchange rates (Money Markets) (A level Econ) Exports Exports and Imports Externalities (A level Econ) F Factors of Production (A level Econ) Fiscal policy

G Game theory (A level Econ) Globalisation Government Failure (A level Econ) Government Intervention in Markets: Maximum Prices (A level Econ) Government Intervention in Markets: Minimum Prices (A level Econ) Government policies - correcting for externalities (A level Econ) Government policies to alleviate poverty (A level Econ) Government policies to influence distribution of income and wealth (A level Econ) Government spending Growth H History of the EU Housing Markets (A level Econ) I Imports Income Income Elasticity of Demand (A level Econ) Indicators of National Economic Performance (A level Econ) Indicators of national economic performance(A level Econ) Indirect Subsidies (A level Econ) Indirect Taxes (A level Econ) Inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth (A level Econ) Inflation Influence of monopsonistic employers(A level Econ) Influence of trade unions (A level Econ) Interest International competitiveness (A level Econ) International exchange (A level Econ) Introduction to economic efficiency (A level Econ) Introduction to monopoly (A level Econ) Investment K Keynesian economics L Labour Markets (A level Econ) M Market Liquidity Market imperfections (A level Econ) Measures of market concentration (A level Econ) Monetary policy Money Monopolies (A level Econ) Monopolistic competition (A level Econ) Monopoly (A level Econ) Monopoly And The Public Interest (A level Econ) N Notions of equity (A level Econ) O Objectives of government macroeconomic policy (A level Econ) Oligopoly (A level Econ) Opportunity Cost (A level Econ) P Perfect competition (A level Econ) Phillips curve Pollution permits (A level Econ) Positive and Normative Economics (A level Econ) Price Elasticity of Demand (A level Econ) Price Elasticity of Supply (A level Econ) Price discrimination in monopoly (A level Econ) Price makers and price takers (A level Econ)

P cont. Pricing and non-pricing strategies (A level Econ) Problem of poverty (A level Econ) Producer Surplus (A level Econ) Production and productivity (A level Econ) Profit (A level Econ) Public goods Public ownership and privatisation (A level Econ) R Rationale for Government intervention (A level Econ) Reasons for trade protectionism (A level Econ) Regional problems of the EU (A level Econ) Regulation of privatised industries (A level Econ) Remedies for a balance of payments disequilibrium (A level Econ) Retail Price Index Revenue (A level Econ) S Scarcity (A level Econ) Short Run and Long Run(A level Econ) Short run and long run (A level Econ) Sources of monopoly power (A level Econ) Sources of possible conflict between trading blocs (A level Econ) Specialisation and the Division of Labour (A level Econ) State provision and regulation (A level Econ) Subsidies (A level Econ) Supply Side Policies Supply of labour(A level Econ) Supply-side policies T Tax The Common Agricultural Policy (A level Econ) The Demand for Goods and Services (A level Econ) The Equilibrium of Demand and Supply (A level Econ) The History of the EU(A level Econ) The Production Possibility Frontier (A level Econ) The Supply of Goods and Services (A level Econ) The UK’s changing international competitive situation (A level Econ) The World Trade Organisation (WTO) (A level Econ) The birth and growth of firms. The motives and methods of growth (A level Econ) The nature and purpose of economic activity (A level Econ) The opportunities of the single market(A level Econ) The widening of European integration (A level Econ) Trade creation and trade diversion (A level Econ) Trade liberalisation (A level Econ) Trade with developing economies Types of trade protectionism (A level Econ) Types of trading blocs (A level Econ) U UK trade Unemployment Use and limitations of national income statistics W What Determines The Value Of An Exchange Rate? (A level Econ)  Pan-European unemployment, effects of inflation targeting and interest rate policy (A level Econ) Technological Change, Costs and Supply in the Long-run (A level Econ) The dynamics of competition and competitive market processes (A level Econ)