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1.8 The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets

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Question 74

A merit good, such as primary school education, is

A

non-rival with positive externalities in consumption.

B

non-excludable with negative externalities in production.

C

excludable with positive externalities in consumption.

D

rival with negative externalities in consumption only.

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1.8 The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.8 The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets

378 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 1.8 The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets, covering 1.8.1 How markets and prices allocate resources, 1.8.2 The meaning of market failure, 1.8.3 Public goods, private goods and quasi-public goods, 1.8.4 Positive and negative externalities in consumption and production, 1.8.5 Merit and demerit goods, 1.8.6 Market imperfections, 1.8.7 Competition policy (A-level only), 1.8.8 Public ownership, privatisation, regulation and deregulation of markets (A-level only), 1.8.9 Government intervention in markets, and 1.8.10 Government failure. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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