OCR Economics Revision Guide

New OCR syllabus for A Level, starting Sept 2008

AS Units

Unit F581: Markets in Action

• The reasons for individuals, organisations, and societies having to make choices
• Competitive markets and how they work
• Market failure and government intervention

Unit F582: The National and International Economy

• Aggregate demand and aggregate supply and their interaction
• Government economic policy objectives and indicators of national economic performance
• The application of macroeconomic policy instruments; and the international economy

A2 Units

Unit F583: Economics of Work and Leisure

• •Nature of work and leisure and trends in employment and earnings
• •Market structures and competitive behaviour in leisure markets
• •Labour demand, supply and wage determination
• •Market failure and the role of the Government and unions in the labour market

Unit F584: Transport Economics

• •Transport, transport trends and the economy
• •Market structures and competitive behaviour in transport markets
• •Market failure and the role of intervention in transport markets
• •Transport economics and government policy

F585 The Global Economy

• Macroeconomic performance
• Trade and integration
• Development and sustainability
• The economics of globalisation

OCR Revision Guides

Economics Help Revision Guide only £7.00
Heinemann Economics for OCR: Student Book for AS and A2 (Heinemann economics)

OCR Economics 3812 7812 at OCR