Economics
Markets and policy evaluation
- 1.
Price rises by 10% and quantity demanded falls by 5%. Using percentage-change PED, calculate price elasticity of demand and predict the direction of total revenue change.
[3 marks] · no calculator - 2.
Demand for a good is much less price elastic than supply. Explain why consumers may bear most of a specific tax and how the tax can affect traded quantity.
[4 marks] · no calculator - 3.
Inflation is driven mainly by imported energy costs while output is weak. Evaluate raising interest rates as the only policy response. Reach a conditional judgement.
[5 marks] · no calculator
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