MODEL ANSWER Evaluate the view that if markets can be made more contestable there is no need for further government intervention (25 marks)

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MODEL ANSWER Extract F (lines 9–10) states ‘Some major UK businesses appear happier with permit trading than with alternative policies such as quotas on emissions or the taxation of fuel’. Using the data in the extracts and your knowledge of economics, evaluate the possible impact on UK businesses of policies to reduce pollution. (25 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Applying the item and your own knowledge, evaluate sociological explanations of the relationship between globalisation and crime (30 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Extract F (lines 14-17) states ‘Investment forecasts are being revised downward and on top of speculation of interest rate rises and criticism of the UK’s quantitative easing programme, the outlook is not looking as good as forecasts first indicated.’ Using the data in the extracts and your economic knowledge, evaluate the effectiveness of monetary policy in achieving macroeconomic stability in the UK. (25 marks)

MODEL ANSWER For a long time, supermarkets and other commercial firms have understood the benefits of behavioural economic concepts such as choice architecture and framing. The public sector has been slow off the mark, but at last governments are now taking advantage of the opportunities provided by nudging. Explain how rules of thumb and irrationality can affect consumers’ demand for goods and services (15 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Extract F (lines 19–20) notes that ‘The UK Government recognises the need to raise aspirations and attainment for girls’. Use the extracts and your knowledge of economics to evaluate the policies that the government might use to reduce the gender pay gap. (25 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Extract C (lines 10-11) suggests that ‘Increased protectionism could be damaging as the UK is placing much of its hopes for export success on the growing Chinese market’. Using the data in the extracts and your economic knowledge, evaluate the view that the use of protectionism is inevitably damaging to economies. (25 marks)

MODEL ANSWER The economist Greg Mankiw has written that ‘society faces a trade-off between efficiency and equity. Efficiency means that society is getting the maximum benefits from its scarce resources. Equity means that those benefits are distributed fairly among society’s members. Often, when government policies are designed, these two goals conflict.’ Explain how a production possibility diagram can be used to illustrate some features of the fundamental economic problem (15 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item C and your own knowledge of research methods, evaluate the strengths and limitations of using written questionnaires to investigate the role of parents in their children’s achievement in school (20)

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MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain TWO reasons for gender differences in educational achievement (10 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Extract C (line 15) states that due to globalisation, ‘for many workers in the West economic stagnation is actually now the new norm’. Using the data in the extracts and your economic knowledge, assess the view that globalisation has been entirely advantageous to the UK economy. (25 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Extract B (lines 12-13) states ‘The Government last night released research suggesting a US-EU agreement sweeping away trade barriers would particularly benefit the automotive, financial and chemical sectors’. With the help of a diagram, explain the extent to which the removal of a tariff might affect the volume of imports into the UK. (9 marks)

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