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1.6 Market failure

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Question 11

Table 1 shows estimated annual costs and benefits of extending a town's cycle network.

EstimateAnnual value
Private benefits to cyclists£6.4 million
External benefits£7.2 million
Construction and maintenance cost£8.9 million
External cost of disruption£1.3 million

Using Table 1, assess whether the cycle-network extension is likely to improve the allocation of resources.

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1.6 Market failure Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.6 Market failure

83 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.6 Market failure, covering 1.6.1a Market failure as misallocation of resources, 1.6.1b Government intervention, 1.6.2a Defining externalities, and 1.6.2b Positive and negative externalities. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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