Edexcel A-Level Economics | 8 mark question

Edexcel A-Level Economics Paper 1

Examine two reasons Cineworld plans to merge with CCI. (Specimen)

Examine measures the government might use to restrict the monopsony power of supermarkets. (June 2017) | Extract

The price elasticity of demand for electricity in the UK is estimated to be -0.35 in the short run and -0.85 in the long run. With reference to Extract A and your own knowledge, examine two possible reasons for the change in price elasticity of demand for electricity over time. (June 2018) | Extract

With reference to Extract B, examine the likely benefits to consumers of the integration between BT and EE. (June 2019) | Extract

With reference to Figure 2, examine two possible factors which may have influenced demand for rail travel since 2008. (June 2020) | Extract

Examine the likely impact of Thomas Cook’s plan ‘to reduce their airline emissions’ (Extract B, line 6) on the social optimum position. Use an appropriate externalities diagram in your answer. (June 2021) | Extract

With reference to Figure 2 and your understanding of price elasticity, examine two factors that may cause significant changes in the international price of coffee beans. (June 2022) | Extract

With reference to the information provided, examine the likely numerical value of the cross elasticity of demand between UK online streaming services. (June 2023) | Extract

Examine two factors which might influence the supply of labour in the electronics industry. (June 2024) | Extract

With reference to Extract C, examine two effects of increased ‘automation’ on the demand for labour. (June 2025) | Extract

Edexcel A-Level Economics Paper 2

With reference to Extract A and Extract B, examine two factors that constrain economic growth in Burundi. (Specimen)

With reference to the information provided and your own knowledge, examine two factors which might explain the change in the rate of Eurozone inflation as shown in Figure 2. (June 2017) | Extract | Model Answer

With reference to the information provided and your own knowledge, examine two factors that might explain the differing rates of decline in absolute poverty in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. (June 2018) | Extract

With reference to Extract A and Figure 1, examine the likely impact of the change in the sterling exchange rate on the UK economy. (June 2019) | Extract

Examine two ways, apart from Fairtrade schemes, in which cocoa farmers could boost their incomes despite the falling price of cocoa. (June 2020) | Extract

With reference to the information provided, examine two likely benefits for the Rwandan economy of the growth in the country’s population. (June 2021) | Extract

With reference to Figure 1 and Extract A, examine two likely causes of income inequality within the UK. (June 2022) | Extract

With reference to Extract A, examine two causes of the high cost of transporting goods between African countries. (June 2023) | Extract

With reference to Figure 4 and Extract A, examine the likely impact of the ‘freeze in income tax thresholds’ (Extract A line 1) on aggregate demand. (June 2024) | Extract

With reference to Extract A, examine two factors influencing the short‑run aggregate supply of the German economy. (June 2025) | Extract

Edexcel A-Level Economics Paper 3

With reference to Figure 4, examine the likely impact on the USA’s circular flow of income of the trends in exports and imports of natural gas between 2000 and 2020. (Specimen)

With reference to Extract E, examine the impact of restrictions on beef exports on how Argentine farmers decide to use their land. (Specimen)

Examine the likely impact of externalities of copper mining on firms and communities within Chile. (June 2017) | Extract

With reference to Figures 4 and 5 and your own knowledge, examine the relationship between the national debt as a proportion of GDP and the fiscal deficit. (June 2017) | Extract

Examine the advantages of using an indirect tax as a means of reducing the use of disposable coffee cups. (June 2018) | Extract

Examine the likely effects on the profitability of Indonesian rice farmers of the government’s increased investment in dams (Extract E, lines 43-48). Use a cost and revenue diagram to support your answer. (June 2018) | Extract | Model Answer

Apart from changes in indirect taxes and subsidies, examine two causes of income inequality within a developed economy such as the UK. (June 2019) | Extract

Examine two reasons, apart from access to finance, why 90% of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique ‘is made up of small enterprises’ (Extract E, line 9). (June 2019) | Extract

Examine two reasons why the Turkish government may want to avoid a significant fall in the exchange rate of the Turkish lira. (June 2020) | Extract

Apart from literacy and numeracy skills in young workers, examine one reason for the trend in productivity in the UK, over the period shown in Figure 4. (June 2020) | Extract

Examine two reasons why the demand for HCWs increases during a period when consumer ‘incomes fail to keep up with inflation’ (Extract A line 8). (June 2021) | Extract

Examine two likely effects of the forecast change in the rate of unemployment between 2019 to 2020, on firms in Germany. Refer to Figure 4 in your answer. (June 2021) | Extract

With reference to Extract B, examine whether the demand for delivered food is price inelastic and income elastic. (June 2022) | Extract

Examine two demographic factors influencing development in Kenya. (June 2022) | Extract

Examine two reasons for the rise in inflation in the UK. Refer to the information provided in your answer. (June 2023) | Extract

Examine two reasons why retailers on the high street tend to remain small. (June 2023) | Extract

Examine one likely externality that arises when a producer generates electricity by burning gas. Use a diagram to show the external costs of production. (June 2024) | Extract

With reference to the second paragraph of Extract E, examine two likely problems for the expansion of the chocolate industry in Ghana. (June 2024) | Extract

With reference to Extract B, examine two likely reasons why wages in supermarkets are above the National Minimum Wage of £10.42. (June 2025) | Extract

Examine two advantages of using the Human Development Index (HDI) to measure the level of economic development in India. | Extract

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