Pearson Edexcel • Economics 2008

This essay includes detailed analysis and evaluation on whether globalisation always increases income inequality within countries, with reference to specific examples of countries.

This essay includes detailed chains of analysis, using the Lorenz curve, and evaluation examining the economic impact of a significant increase in income inequality within a country. Increased entrepreneurship, increased migration and changes in education are discussed with the help of examples.

This essay includes detailed analysis and evaluation on policies that could be implemented by the government to reduce absolute poverty, such as subsidising new enterprises, increasing government spending and the use of microfinance schemes is touched upon.

This essay critically examines the causes of changing patterns of trade and how it relates to the theory of comparative advantage. Points are made using detailed chains of analysis and evaluation points are made too.

This document goes over free trade areas and evaluates protectionist polices using chains of analysis. Protectionist measures in response to currency manipulation is also critically examined.

This essay critically examines the factors that could cause a deterioration in a country's terms of trade using chains of analysis and evaluation points. Points include relative inflation rates, relative productivity and relative exchange rates.

This essay uses chains of analysis and evaluation to examine the effects of significant improvement in a country's terms of trade on the achievement of its macroeconomic objectives. A judgement is also made deciding the overall impact.

This essay uses chains of analysis and evaluation points to examine the types of efficiencies that a monopolistically competitive market structure firm may or may not possess.

This essay critically examines the statement "A price war inevitably causes long term harm to consumers and the employees of firms within the industry," using chains of analysis and evaluation to determine a judgement.

This essay examines 3 points fully using chains of analysis and evaluation to discuss the extent to which price discrimination benefits producers and consumers, depending on their elasticity of demand.

This essay includes points using chains of analysis and evaluation to examine the extent to which a perfectly competitive firm is allocatively efficient, productively efficient and x efficient.

This essay uses chains of analysis and evaluation to discuss the impact of the UK supermarket buying power on their suppliers.

This summary explains how pressure groups affect the supermarkets in the UK to become more efficient.

This essay includes 3 fully developed points using chains of analysis and evaluation to examines the statement "Monopolies result in a misallocation of resources compares with perfect competition and should therefore be broken up.

This essay includes 3 points evaluating the statement "A small firm is likely to be less efficient than a large firm". Mainly discussing the 3 types of efficiencies, allocative, productive and dynamic. A judgement is included as well.

This essay goes over 3 points evaluating the significance of diminishing marginal productivity in determining a firm's cost curves.

This document goes over a short answer describing the market structure of the UK supermarket industry, under the oligopoly structure. As well as a longer answer describing the extent to which the UK supermarket industry is becoming more contestable.

This essay includes two points using chains of analysis that discusses the extent to which the business objectives of a large private sector firm differ from those of a co-operative.

This essay includes two points using chains of analysis that evaluates the likely benefits of mergers between two container shipping companies.

This essay goes over 3 points and 3 evaluation points, in exam style, regarding the business objectives a firm may have