w w w e tr .X m eP UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level e ap .c rs om MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2007 question paper 9708 ECONOMICS 9708/02 Paper 2 (Data Response and Essay (Core))‚ maximum raw mark 40 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate
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de-regulated the industry in 2000. * They do not have perfect policies and regulations to control farm product price * shocked industry leaders and put local jobs at risk 3. What economic theories can be drawn? * Government intervention * Actions on the part of government that affect economic activity which includes “taxes”‚ price controls‚ assorted regulations‚ and control over government spending. * Deregulation allowed for
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Bargaining power is the ability to influence the setting of prices. Buyer power refers to the ability of customers of the industry to influence the price and terms of purchase. The bargaining power of customers is also described as the market of outputs. The ability of customers to put the firm under pressure‚ which also affects the customer’s sensitivity to price changes. Bargaining power of buyers occurs when leverage is given to the buyer and demand for lower prices‚ increased quality and more
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Economics Reviewer (For IV- Understanding ONLY) Market – the medium in which buyers and sellers interact. (Note: its meaning is not limited to a location or geographical area‚ it also focuses on people who are WILLING and ABLE to buy and/or sell goods and services. Two major players/actors in the market: Buyers & Sellers Market Equilibrium: when buyers and sellers agree at a certain price and quantity to transact Price Equilibrium: price agreed by both buyers and sellers. Quantity Equilibrium:
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Consumer expenditure Mini Case John Hawksworth “Opinion: Economic Trends - Saved by the consumer?”‚ Accountancy‚ London‚ Mar 2002 (with minor editing) How long can the UK economy buck the global trend just because our consumers keep spending money? Have we avoided the recession that has gripped the US‚ Japan and Germany over the past six to 12 months or are we just postponing the day of reckoning? And are we storing up worse problems for the future as a result of rising household debt levels
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Case 1-1: E-Centives‚ Inc‚ - Raising Capital in Switzerland On October 3‚ 2000‚ E-Centives‚ incorporated in the United States‚ made an initial public offering on the Swiss Stock Exchange’s New Market. The company raised approximately US $ 40 million. The E-Centives offering circular stated that no offers or sales of the company’s common stock would be made in the United States‚ and that there would be no public market for the common stock in the United States after the offering. THE SWISS EXCHANGES’S
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the gross value of output produced in the manufacturing sector and the generation of employment by the small-scale sector is more than five times to that of the large-scale sector. This clearly shows the importance of small-scale industries in the economic development of the country. The small-scale industry have been playing an important role in the growth process of Indian economy since independence in spite of stiff competition from the large sector and not very encouraging support from the government
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| Economic Activity Economics is concerned with humanity’s well being or welfare. It encompasses the social organization and the relationship involved in using scarce resources and available technology to satisfy seemingly unlimited human wants and in allocating those resources among diverse alternative wants. The key elements of economic activity are (1) human wants (2) resources‚ and (3) technology. Price theory
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Collective Bargaining at Magic Carpet Airlines: A union perspective 2 - What did the union do to prepare for negotiations? How did the preparation impact the negotiation? PREPARATION * Set a negotiating team * The spokesperson (NBR): Dixie Lee has 14 years experience in negotiation and assisted with the previous contract negotiation in 1994. * The chairman: Ruth Boaz is president at LFA MEC at MCA * The other members of the team: Peggy Hardy‚ Marie Phillips‚ Jody Rogers
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2. Why isn’t money consider a capital in economics? Capital is a physical asset‚ which can be used to produce goods and services. Money is related to capital‚ in that it can be used to purchase capital‚ but it is not itself capital. The distinction is important if you consider that money can be created or destroyed through the expansion or contraction of credit‚ but this does not create or destroy any real capital. Money is capital. Money is the most common form of capital. Raising capital money
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