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ECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS
Instructions to candidates:
a) Time allowed: Three
hours (plus an extra ten minutes’ reading time at the start – do not write
anything during this time)
b) Answer any FIVE
questions
c) All questions carry
equal marks. Marks for each question are shown in [ ]
1.
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a) Explain the main
economic features of a free market economy.
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[10]
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b)
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Discuss the reasons
why the state might interfere with the free market economy.
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[10]
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2.
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a)
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Using examples,
explain what you understand by the concept of elasticity in economics.
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[8]
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b) Discuss why a
business would like to know the price elasticity of demand and income
elasticity
of demand for its
products.
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[12]
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3. a) Illustrate and describe, using the
appropriate graph, the profit maximising point of a monopoly
firm earning
supernormal profit.
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[10]
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b) Discuss the main
barriers to entry which can create and maintain monopoly power.
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[10]
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4. Discuss the nature of, and possible
government response to, the following examples of market failure:
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a)
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Externalities
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[10]
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b) Merit goods and
public goods
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[10]
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5.
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a)
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Outline the main
functions of money.
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[8]
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b) Consider how a bank
can ‘create’ money and explain the main limitations of this process.
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[12]
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6.
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a)
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Outline the main types
of unemployment in a developed economy.
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[10]
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b) Discuss the ways in
which a government might attempt to reduce the level of unemployment.
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[10]
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7.
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a)
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Outline the main
functions of taxation in a developed economy.
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[10]
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b) Analyse to what
extent direct taxes carry out these functions effectively.
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[10]
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8.
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a)
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Discuss why a
government might try to reduce imports into its economy.
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[8]
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b) Outline THREE means
by which a government may reduce imports.
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[12]
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