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Cambridge International AS & A Level

AS & A Level Economics (9708)

Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics covers six areas at AS Level: basic economic ideas, the price system and the microeconomy, government microeconomic intervention, the macroeconomy, government macroeconomic intervention and international economic issues. The A Level extends four of them with deeper microeconomic theory, labour markets, money and banking, development and globalisation.

This section follows the official syllabus topic by topic, so you can see what belongs to AS and what is added at A Level.

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Syllabus topics

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53 topics

AS Level · Basic economic ideas and resource allocation

01Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost02Economic methodology03Factors of production04Resource allocation in different economic systems05Production possibility curves06Classification of goods and services

AS Level · The price system and the microeconomy

07Demand and supply curves08Price elasticity, income elasticity and cross elasticity of demand09Price elasticity of supply10The interaction of demand and supply11Consumer and producer surplus

AS Level · Government microeconomic intervention

12Reasons for government intervention in markets13Methods and effects of government intervention in markets14Addressing income and wealth inequality

AS Level · The macroeconomy

15National income statistics16Introduction to the circular flow of income17Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply analysis18Economic growth19Unemployment20Price stability

AS Level · Government macroeconomic intervention

21Government macroeconomic policy objectives22Fiscal policy23Monetary policy24Supply-side policy

AS Level · International economic issues

25The reasons for international trade26Protectionism27Current account of the balance of payments28Exchange rates29Policies to correct imbalances in the current account of the balance of payments

A Level · The price system and the microeconomy

30Utility31Indifference curves and budget lines32Efficiency and market failure33Private costs and benefits, externalities and social costs and benefits34Types of cost, revenue and profit, short-run and long-run production35Different market structures36Growth and survival of firms37Differing objectives and policies of firms

A Level · Government microeconomic intervention

38Government policies to achieve efficient resource allocation and correct market failure39Equity and redistribution of income and wealth40Labour market forces and government intervention

A Level · The macroeconomy

41The circular flow of income (A Level)42Economic growth and sustainability43Employment/unemployment44Money and banking

A Level · Government macroeconomic intervention

45Government macroeconomic policy objectives (A Level)46Links between macroeconomic problems and their interrelatedness47Effectiveness of policy options to meet all macroeconomic objectives

A Level · International economic issues

48Policies to correct disequilibrium in the balance of payments49Exchange rates (A Level)50Economic development51Characteristics of countries at different levels of development52Relationship between countries at different levels of development53Globalisation

Other AS & A Level subjects

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