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AS Model Economics Essays-

This is a selection of 30 AS Level Economic essays and model answers in pdf form. I have chosen questions which are appropriate for all exam boards.

See also: A2 Economics Essays

Of all the teaching resources I give my students, they say that model essay answers are the most helpful.

These answers will help you understand what is required to get an A grade. The essays show:

  • Essay Writing technique.
  • How To answer the question asked.
  • How to evaluate questions which require it.
  • Separate page giving advice on the important evaluation component of the exam.
  • The essays were all written exclusively for this pdf guide.
  • List of 41 questions included in the pdf at the bottom.

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Using the Model Essays

  • Note: I usually wouldn’t give such a resource to my students until a few weeks before the exam. If you got a similar question for homework, don’t try to pass these off as your own. I think it would show anyway. The whole point of this guide is to show how an economics essay can be written; and help you to write your own answers.
  • A good way to use this guide, is to take a question and write down an essay plan of what you would write for the question. Then have a look at my answer, see what is missing, consider whether you understood what the question was asking.
  • Also, note how much evaluation I will add for any question which asks for Discuss, evaluate, Assess e.t.c
  • There are other points that could be made in these essays, there are often different ways that you can get full marks. But, one feature of these essays is that they don’t waste any words writing about issues not relevant to the question.

Examiner

I have marked literally 1,000s of A level exam papers during the past 6 years I have worked for Edexcel. Being an examiner gives a very good idea of what is necessary to get full marks.

List of AS Micro   Essays in Guide

  1. Evaluate the case for and against governments intervening to try to stabilise the price of copper, for example, through setting up a buffer stock scheme. (15)
  2. Evaluate Advantages and Disadvantages of various methods of government intervention to correct market failure arising from aircraft emissions. (15)
  3. Starbucks, Cafe Nero and others have seen rapid expansion in the UK. Discuss the likely effects on the retail market for coffee if there is a large increase in city centre rents.
  4. In the UK, students face increasing tuition fees. Discuss the benefits and costs to society of abolishing all tuition fees.
  5. Discuss Three policies to reduce the level of cigarette smoking amongst under 21s
  6. Discuss the extent to which governments should subsidise companies who are developing cars which run on clean fuels such as hydrogen?
  7. Discuss whether the government is mistaken to worry about monopoly power?
  8. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the government intervening in agricultural markets?
  9. Discuss the effects on UK business of a rise in fuel prices.
  10. Discuss whether the government should end free health care for people and make them take out private health care insurance like in the US?
  11. Discuss the role that Pollution Permits could play in reducing global warming
  12. Discuss the case for Implementing a congestion charge for Driving into Birmingham city centre.
  13. Discuss the Micro Economic Effects of finding and exploiting extensive oil reserves in the Antarctic
  14. Evaluate advantages and disadvantages of various methods of government intervention to correct market failure arising from aircraft emissions.

List of Macro Economic Essays

  1. Evaluate Government Policies which might improve the UK Balance of trade in goods and services
  2. Evaluate the importance of rising productivity in bringing about an improvement in the UK balance of Payments on current account
  3. Discuss the role of supply side policies in improving rates of economic growth.
  4. Evaluate the impact of a slowdown in the US on the UK economy.
  5. Discuss How a Government Might Try to deal with Economic shocks
  6. Discuss the impact of a rise in the savings ratio on the UK economy.
  7. Evaluate the importance of managing aggregate demand to bring about a sustained reduction in the rate of unemployment in the UK economy.
  8. Evaluate the effect of a fall in house prices on the UK macro economy
  9. Discuss whether Government policies can overcome a recession
  10. Discuss the economic effects of an increase in the inflation rate.
  11. Discuss the impact of an increase in government expenditure on the UK economic performance
  12. Discuss the impact on the EU economy of a rise in the value of the Euro against its main trading partners
  13. Discuss the relative merits of interest rates and tax increases as a means to control inflation in the UK
  14. Discuss the effects of a rise in Exports on UK aggregate Demand
  15. Discuss the extent to which shifting resources into the public sector will help the government achieve its macro economic objectives.
  16. Discuss effectiveness of a cut in the rate of interest in influencing consumption and investment