Edexcel a level economics b question paper 1 june 2023 + mark scheme

Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2023 Pearson Edexcel GCE AS Level In Economics B (9EB0) Paper 01 Markets and how they work1 Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at or . Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: Summer 2023 Publications Code 9EB0_01_2306_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 20232 General Marking Guidance • All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last. • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately. • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited. • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted. • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response.3 Question Number Explain one method the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) could use to research the music streaming industry. Mark 1(a) Knowledge/Understanding 1, Application 2 Analysis 1 Knowledge/Understanding: up to 1 mark for explaining a method e.g. • by conducting primary market research such as questionnaires/conducting secondary market research such as ONS data (1) Application: up to 2 marks are available for contextualised answers, e.g. • The CMA could ask consumers directly about the streaming platforms they use (1) • The CMA could use focus groups to find out about the quality of music streaming services in the UK (1) Analysis: Up to 1 mark available for developing the connection. • This could help the CMA to understand how music consumers have been affected by recent changes in the music industry (1) (4)4 Question Number Using a supply and demand diagram, illustrate the impact on the market for traditional music formats following the increase in music streaming. Mark 1(b) Knowledge/Understanding 2, Application 1, Analysis 1 Knowledge/Understanding: up to 2 marks for: constructing supply and demand curves correctly and for labelling the axes with price and quantity (1) correctly showing original equilibrium price and quantity P and Q (1) Application: 1 mark for correctly interpreting the shift in the demand curve to the left (1) Analysis: 1 mark is available for showing new equilibrium and consequences on the price and quantity axes P1 and Q1 (1) (4)5 Question Number Using Extract B calculate, to two decimal places, the percentage of revenue spent on research and development (R&D) by Spotify in 2021. You are advised to show your working. Mark 1(c) Knowledge/Understanding 1, Application 3, Knowledge/Understanding: 1 mark for the correct formula for percentage spent on revenue: R&D expenditure x 100 (1) Revenue Application: Up to 3 marks for calculations €912m (1) x100 €9 668m (1) = 9.43% (1) NB if no working is shown award marks as below: If the answer given is 9.43% award 4 marks If the answer given is 9.43 award 3 marks