WJEC / Eduqas A-level Economics Revision Guide

Description

WJEC A-level Economics Revision Guide (Themes 1, 2, 3 & 4)

Pass WJEC  A-level Economics with confidence using this clear, concise and exam-focused revision guide.

Designed for students who want to improve exam technique and achieve higher grades, this guide explains key topics in a simple, accessible way while also developing the evaluation skills needed for top marks.

What this guide covers

• Full WJEC A-level Economics specification (Themes 1–4)
• Micro and macro topics explained clearly
• Key diagrams and essential theory
• Help to prepare model answers
• Data of UK economy to help with data response

Why this guide works

• Simplifies complex topics into clear explanations
• Focuses on what examiners are looking for
• Helps you structure higher-level answers
• Builds confidence for exams

Who this is for

• AQA A-level Economics students
• Teachers wanting to provide a comprehensive set of notes for students.
• Students aiming to improve exam performance

Instant access

• This is a digital e-book (PDF), available immediately after purchase.

For schools and colleges

Network Licence – WJEC A-level Economics (£125.00)
Allows unlimited use within a single educational establishment.

Student feedback

“Really high quality revision guide, great to have all notes in one place – much clearer than the textbook.”

Details

• Recently updated and expanded
• AS unit – 98 pages, 19,000 words
• A2 micro – 42 pages, 11,000 words
• A2 macro – 75 pages, 19,000 words
• Total revision guide (AS+A2) 215 pages – 49,000 words

Note on WJEC / Eduqas

Eduqas is part of WJEC. Eduqas is the name used in England and Northern Ireland. It is the same content, (though minor changes in context, e.g. WJEC uses examples from Wales.)

A Level economics revision guide  (E-Book)

• Simple yet detailed.
• Content designed to help prepare for likely questions.
• All main diagrams needed for A Level Economics
• Tips on writing evaluation – Essential for getting top grades
• Updated: 2026
• Revision Guide sent shortly after purchase.

AS WJEC revision guide

If you would like to buy just WJEC AS Revision guide (unit 1 and 2)

Content

Unit 1 – Micro economics

• Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
• Opportunity cost
• Production possibility frontiers (PPF)
• Possibility frontier and economic growth
• Specialisation
• Markets
• Demand
• Supply
• Market equilibrium
• Consumer surplus
• Producer surplus
• Elasticity
  • Using knowledge of elasticity
  • The impact of elasticity on tax
  • Income elasticity of demand (YED)
  • Cross elasticity of demand
  • Price elasticity of supply
• Tax
• Wage determination
  • National minimum wage
  • Flexible labour markets
  • Impact of net migration on UK labour markets
  • Evaluation of net migration
• How resources are allocated in a free market
• Market Failure
  • Externalities and social efficiency
  • Negative externality
  • Positive externality
  • Public good
  • Information gaps
  • Merit good
  • Demerit good
• Government intervention to correct market failure
  • Tax
  • Subsidy
  • Maximum prices
  • Problem of maximum prices
  • Minimum prices
  • Tradeable pollution permits
  • State provision of public services
  • Advertising / Information
  • Regulation
• Policies of Welsh government
• Government failure

Unit 2 –  The UK Economy

• Circular flow of income
  • Injections
  • Withdrawals (W) (leakages)
  • Multiplier effect
• Aggregate demand
  • Consumer spending (C)
  • Investment
  • Government expenditure (G)
  • Net trade (X-M)
• Aggregate supply (AS)
• Equilibrium national income
• Government macro economic objectives
  • Conflicts between objectives
• Fiscal policy
  • The National Debt
  • Government spending
  • Taxation
• Supply side policies
• Monetary Policy
  • UK monetary policy
  • The role of the central bank
• Exchange rates
  • Factors that influence exchange rates
  • Appreciation in the exchange rate
  • Evaluation of an appreciation
• Trade
  • Benefits of free trade
  • Arguments for restricting trade

Unit  3 – Microeconomics

• Costs of production
• Law of diminishing returns
• Economies of scale
• Revenue
• Profit
• Profit maximisation
• The growth of firms
• Types of efficiency
• Market structures
• Examples of barriers to entry
• Contestable markets
• Business objectives
• Perfect competition
• Monopolistic competition
• Monopoly
• Price discrimination
• Oligopoly
• Collusion
• Nash equilibrium
• Competition policy
• Mergers
• Privatisation
• Public ownership
• Regulation of privatised industries

Unit  4 – Macroeconomics

• Aggregate supply (AS)
• The Phillips curve
• Economic growth
• Output gaps
• Unemployment and employment
• Inflation
• Deflation
• The balance of payments
• Terms of trade
• Fiscal policy
• Government borrowing
• The national debt
• Monetary policy
• Financial stability
• Regulation of the financial system
• International trade
• Globalisation
• Economic integration
• Euro/ Monetary union
• Economic development