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Title: Edexcel as level economics a question paper 1 june 2024 + mark scheme
Description: Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2024 Pearson Edexcel GCE AS Level In Economics A (8EC0) Paper 01 Introduction to Markets and Market Failure

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Edexcel as level
economics a question
paper 1 june 2024 +
mark scheme

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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE

Monday 13 May 2024
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes)

Paper
reference

Economics A

8EC0/01
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Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Introduction to Markets and Market Failure
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in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
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Answer all questions in Section A
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the questions in the spaces provided
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Use the data to support your answers where relevant
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1 Scarcity of non‑renewable resources, such as oil, is a key reason why alternative
resources have been developed by economies
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(a) With reference to the information provided, explain the distinction between
renewable and non‑renewable resources
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(b) Which one of the following best describes ‘scarcity’?

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An extension of the demand curve
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Excess supply
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Insufficient resources to satisfy wants
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The misallocation of resources
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In which one of the diagrams does the movement from X to Y
illustrate the most likely impact on Madagascar’s economy of a natural disaster
such as a cyclone?
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Output of
consumer
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Output of
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Output of capital goods

Output of
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Output of
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Output of capital goods

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Output of capital goods

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2 Vanilla bean prices increased to a record $600 a kilogramme in 2018 after a cyclone
hit the tropical island of Madagascar, damaging crops
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Other countries ought to set school class sizes similar to Finland
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(b) With reference to the information above, explain what is meant by
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Title: Edexcel as level economics a question paper 1 june 2024 + mark scheme
Description: Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2024 Pearson Edexcel GCE AS Level In Economics A (8EC0) Paper 01 Introduction to Markets and Market Failure