EDEXCEL A-LEVEL ECONOMICS
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1. Economics - ANSWER The study of the allocation of scarce resources.
2. Economic Goods - ANSWER Resources that are scarce.
3. Short Run - ANSWER A time period where at least one factor of production
is fixed.
4. Long Run - ANSWER A time period where all factors of production are
variable.
5. Market structure - ANSWER the characteristics of a market that determine
the behaviour of firms in the market
6. Natural monopoly - ANSWER where economies of scale are so large
relative to market demand that the dominant producer will always enjoy
lower costs of production than any competitors
7. Non-homogenous goods - ANSWER goods that are similar but not identical,
for example through use of branding
8. Perfect information - ANSWER when all buyers are fully informed of all
,prices and quantities for sale, whilst producers have equal information to
production techniques
,9. Product differentiation - ANSWER aspects of a good/service that distinguish
a product from its competition, for example through packaging or marketing
10. Sunk costs - ANSWER costs of production that are not recoverable if a firm
leaves an industry
11. Uncertainty - ANSWER a when one firm does not know how other firms
will react if it changes strategy
12. Perfect competition - ANSWER market structure where there are many
buyers and sellers, freedom of entry and exit, perfect knowledge and where
all firms produce a homogenous product
13. Price taker - ANSWER a firm with no control over market price and must
accept the market price if it wants to sell its product
14. Monopolistic competition - ANSWER a market structure where a large
number of small firms produce non-homogenous products and where there
are no barriers to entry
15. Monopolist - ANSWER a firm that controls all the output in a market
16. Monopoly - ANSWER a market structure where ine firm supplies all output
in the market without facing competition due to high barriers to entry
, 17. Price discrimination - ANSWER charging different prices for the same
good/service in different markets
18. Monopoly power - ANSWER when firms are able to control the price they
charge for their product
19. Monopsony - ANSWER when there is only one buyer in a market
20. Contestable market - ANSWER a market with freedom of entry and where
the costs of exit are low
21. Hit and run competition - ANSWER when firms can enter a market at low
cost attracted by high profits and then leave at low cost when profits fall
22. Consumer sovereignty - ANSWER exists when the economic system
allocates resources totally according to consumer preference
23. Cost-plus pricing - ANSWER where firms fix a price for their products by
adding a fixed percentage profit margin on top of the long run average cost
of production
24. Profit maximisation - ANSWER when profit is at its highest // MR=MC
25. Profit satisficing - ANSWER making sufficient profit to satisfy the demands
of owners eg. shareholders
Paper 1 Exam Questions with Accurate
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Pass Latest Version 2026 Top Rated
1. Economics - ANSWER The study of the allocation of scarce resources.
2. Economic Goods - ANSWER Resources that are scarce.
3. Short Run - ANSWER A time period where at least one factor of production
is fixed.
4. Long Run - ANSWER A time period where all factors of production are
variable.
5. Market structure - ANSWER the characteristics of a market that determine
the behaviour of firms in the market
6. Natural monopoly - ANSWER where economies of scale are so large
relative to market demand that the dominant producer will always enjoy
lower costs of production than any competitors
7. Non-homogenous goods - ANSWER goods that are similar but not identical,
for example through use of branding
8. Perfect information - ANSWER when all buyers are fully informed of all
,prices and quantities for sale, whilst producers have equal information to
production techniques
,9. Product differentiation - ANSWER aspects of a good/service that distinguish
a product from its competition, for example through packaging or marketing
10. Sunk costs - ANSWER costs of production that are not recoverable if a firm
leaves an industry
11. Uncertainty - ANSWER a when one firm does not know how other firms
will react if it changes strategy
12. Perfect competition - ANSWER market structure where there are many
buyers and sellers, freedom of entry and exit, perfect knowledge and where
all firms produce a homogenous product
13. Price taker - ANSWER a firm with no control over market price and must
accept the market price if it wants to sell its product
14. Monopolistic competition - ANSWER a market structure where a large
number of small firms produce non-homogenous products and where there
are no barriers to entry
15. Monopolist - ANSWER a firm that controls all the output in a market
16. Monopoly - ANSWER a market structure where ine firm supplies all output
in the market without facing competition due to high barriers to entry
, 17. Price discrimination - ANSWER charging different prices for the same
good/service in different markets
18. Monopoly power - ANSWER when firms are able to control the price they
charge for their product
19. Monopsony - ANSWER when there is only one buyer in a market
20. Contestable market - ANSWER a market with freedom of entry and where
the costs of exit are low
21. Hit and run competition - ANSWER when firms can enter a market at low
cost attracted by high profits and then leave at low cost when profits fall
22. Consumer sovereignty - ANSWER exists when the economic system
allocates resources totally according to consumer preference
23. Cost-plus pricing - ANSWER where firms fix a price for their products by
adding a fixed percentage profit margin on top of the long run average cost
of production
24. Profit maximisation - ANSWER when profit is at its highest // MR=MC
25. Profit satisficing - ANSWER making sufficient profit to satisfy the demands
of owners eg. shareholders
