AQA A-Level Economics | 15 mark question

AQA A-Level Economics Paper 1

Explain why firms, such as Apple, might be able to charge different prices for the same product in different markets. (Specimen)

Using examples to illustrate your answer, explain how anchoring and loss aversion can affect an individual’s choices when deciding how to spend or save their income. (Specimen)

Explain why, in the absence of government intervention, too many journeys are likely to be made by road and too few by rail. (Specimen)

Explain how price and output are determined for a firm in a monopolistically competitive market, in both the short run and the long run. (June 2017)

Explain the main causes of poverty in the UK. (June 2017)

Explain why, in a free market, sugary drinks may be overconsumed. (June 2017)

Explain why the use of petrol and diesel cars may be a source of market failure. (June 2018)

Explain how the Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient may be used to illustrate increasing income inequality in a country. (June 2018)

Explain the role of profit in a market economy. (June 2018)

Explain how rules of thumb and irrationality can affect consumers’ demand for goods and services. (June 2019)

Explain the factors a profit-maximising firm will take into account when deciding whether to shut down or to carry on operating, both in the short run and in the long run. (June 2019)

Explain how the impact of a minimum price for a good or service is affected by its price elasticity of demand and its price elasticity of supply. (June 2019)

Explain how the imposition of a tax on a good or service affects both consumer surplus and producer surplus. (June 2020)

Explain how a production possibility diagram can be used to illustrate some features of the fundamental economic problem. (June 2020)

Explain why imperfect information can lead to market failure. (June 2020)

Explain how perfect competition should lead to outcomes which are both productively and allocatively efficient. (November 2021)

Explain how the concept of cross elasticity of demand can be used to understand the relationship between markets. (November 2021)

Explain how a firm may benefit from both internal and external economies of scale. (November 2021)

Explain how the price mechanism allocates resources in a market economy. (June 2022)

Explain the difference between complete and partial market failure. (June 2022)

Explain the main causes of inequality in the distribution of pre-tax incomes. (June 2022)

Explain why, in long-run equilibrium, monopolistically competitive markets are neither productively nor allocatively efficient. (June 2023)

Explain the determinants of the supply of labour to an industry. (June 2023)

Explain how market contestability affects the performance of an industry. (June 2023)

Explain why imperfect and asymmetric information may lead to market failure in the market for food. (June 2024)

Evaluate the view that price discrimination is damaging for consumers. (June 2024)

Explain, using examples, how the existence of economies and diseconomies of scale affect firms’ average costs of production. (June 2024)

Explain, with examples, the differences between a private good, a public good and a quasi-public good. (June 2025)

Explain how technological progress can affect productivity, efficiency and firms’ costs of production. (June 2025)

Explain the factors that determine a firm’s demand for labour. (June 2025)

AQA A-Level Economics Paper 2

Explain why economic growth is a key objective of UK Government economic policy. (Specimen)

Explain the possible demand-side consequences of an increase in taxation in the UK. (Specimen)

Using examples to illustrate your answer, explain the difference between economic growth and economic development. (Specimen)

Explain how government policies can reduce the natural rate of unemployment. (June 2017)

Explain the possible reasons for changes in the pattern of trade between the UK and the rest of the world. (June 2017)

Explain how changes in both government spending and taxation might affect the level of economic activity. (June 2017)

Explain the main barriers that LEDCs face when attempting to achieve stable, long-term economic growth. (June 2018)

Explain how fiscal policy can be used to try to improve the supply side of an economy. (June 2018)

Explain the causes of cyclical and structural unemployment. (June 2018)

Explain why the value of a currency may fall in a floating exchange rate system. (June 2019)

Explain how the monetary policy transmission mechanism works when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raises Bank Rate. (June 2019)

Explain the main causes of a rise in inflation. (June 2019)

Explain the possible causes of a falling budget deficit. (June 2020)

Explain how demand-side and supply-side shocks might increase unemployment in an economy. (June 2020)

Explain how an appreciation of its currency is likely to affect a country’s rate of economic growth. (June 2020)

Explain how a government or central bank can intervene to prevent the value of its currency rising. (November 2021)

Explain the main causes of rising consumption in an economy. (November 2021)

Explain the role of commercial banks in the economy. (November 2021)

Explain how expenditure-switching policies can be used to reduce a deficit on a country’s balance of trade in goods and services. (June 2022)

Explain the main problems for an economy of having a large positive output gap. (June 2022)

Explain reasons for changes in the value of exports from the UK to the rest of the world. (June 2022)

Explain the main causes of globalisation. (June 2023)

Assess the view that increased globalisation has been beneficial for the UK economy. (June 2023)

Explain the possible causes of a shift in the short-run aggregate supply curve to the left. (June 2023)

Explain possible reasons why a country may enter a recession. (June 2024)

Explain the factors which determine the natural rate of unemployment. (June 2024)

Explain how the multiplier and accelerator affect the overall level of economic activity. (June 2024)

Explain factors that may lead to an increase in a country’s national debt as a percentage of GDP. (June 2025)

Explain how supply-side policies can help to achieve a low, stable rate of inflation. (June 2025)

Explain the main limitations of using national income data to assess differences in living standards between countries. (June 2025)

AQA A-Level Economics Paper 3

Explain how Brazil is likely to benefit from inward investment by a UK car manufacturer. (Specimen)

Explain why, in advanced economies, economic growth is usually accompanied by a fall in employment in manufacturing but an increase in employment in the service sector. (June 2017)

Explain how a sustained low world market price for oil would be likely to affect the economic development of a less economically developed oil-producing country such as Nigeria or Venezuela. (June 2018)

Explain the likely causes of the main changes in house prices that have taken place between 2007 and 2017. (June 2019)

Explain how a sustained slowdown in the world economy is likely to affect living standards in the UK. (June 2020)

Explain why, without government intervention, markets are likely to allocate too few resources to dealing with the problem of climate change. (June 2021)

Explain the factors that a commercial aircraft manufacturer, such as Boeing or Airbus, should consider when forecasting the future sales of its aircraft. (June 2022)

Explain possible reasons for fluctuations in the world market price of tea. (June 2023)

Explain why investment in infrastructure in the less-prosperous regions could help to improve the prosperity of people living in these regions. (June 2024)

Explain factors that affect the UK’s balance of trade in motor vehicles. (June 2025)

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