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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sManBal1e_CH19 02/09/10 5:36 PM Page 537 CHAPTER 19 Financial Crises There was a time when the credit markets had essentially frozen and when blue chip industrial companies were having trouble raising money. I knew then we were on the brink...We easily could have had unemployment of 25 percent.” —Henry M. Paulson (former Treasury Secretary)‚ commenting on the state of the U.S. economy in 2008 hroughout this book‚ we have seen that many kinds of shocks can decrease an economy’s output
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competitiveness‚ and the expansion of new technology. Collusion isn’t cheat proof because there could be other reasons or opportunities for companies to break agreements with each other. If a firm sees a better opportunity to increase revenues‚ they’re going to take that chance. Three dominant firms came together to reduce the numbers of competitors because they saw an opportunity. The only reason it’s allowed in the U.S. with few
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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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A Brief Write up on the Workshops to be conducted by the Department of Commerce. The Date: 15/12/12 The Time: 2pm-5pm 1) Social Media Marketing What it is: Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. Today it is the WORD OF THE MOUSE that is creating business. Due to this‚ Social media has become a platform which increases communication for organizations‚ fosters brand
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United States railroad companies transport millions of freight cars a year over their network. Railroad companies rely on their network to move shipments from city to city and state to state. Each railroad company has a service-design department which coordinates the movement of railcars‚ crew‚ and locomotives over the railroad’s network. Creating an operating plan for the system is a challenging task because train scheduling consists of designing train routes‚ days of operation‚ timings‚ and
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| |Higher 1 | ECONOMICS 8819/01 Paper 1 1 September 2011 3 hours Additional Materials: Answer Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name‚ index number and CT class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of
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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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References: 1. Sexton‚ Robert; Fortura‚ Peter (2005). Exploring Economics. "This is the sum of the demand for all final goods and services in the economy. It can also be seen as the quantity of real GDP demanded at different price levels." 2. ^ O ’Sullivan‚ Arthur; Steven M. Sheffrin (2003). Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 307. 3. Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ Concepts‚ Sources and Methods‚ Chap. 4‚ "Economic concepts and the national accounts"‚ "Production"‚ "The production
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