AQA A Level Economics exam questions and past papers
Free AQA A Level Economics exam questions by topic, with mark schemes, past papers and model answers.
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AQA A Level Economics exam questions by topic
Each pack with its mark scheme.
Paper 1: Markets and Market Failure
AQA A Level Economics3.1.1 Economic Methodology and the Economic ProblemScarcity, choice, opportunity cost and production possibility diagrams
3.1.2 Individual Economic Decision MakingConsumer behaviour, utility and behavioural economics
3.1.3 Price Determination in a Competitive MarketDemand, supply, elasticity and market equilibrium
3.1.4 Production, Costs and RevenueProductivity, costs, economies of scale and revenue
3.1.5 Perfect Competition, Imperfectly Competitive Markets and MonopolyMarket structures, oligopoly, monopoly and contestable markets
3.1.6 The Labour MarketDemand for and supply of labour, wages and discrimination
3.1.7 The Distribution of Income and Wealth: Poverty and InequalityInequality, poverty and government policies to reduce them
3.1.8 The Market Mechanism, Market Failure and Government InterventionExternalities, public goods, competition policy and government failure
3.1.8 10 government failure exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.1 How markets and prices allocate resources exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.2 The meaning of market failure exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.3 Public goods, private goods and quasi-public goods exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.4 Positive and negative externalities exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.5 Merit and demerit goods exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.6 Market imperfections exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.7 Competition policy exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.8 Public ownership, privatisation, regulation and deregulation exam questions
Download PDF3.1.8.9 Government intervention in markets exam questions
Download PDFPaper 2: The National and International Economy
AQA A Level Economics3.2.1 The Measurement of Macroeconomic PerformancePolicy objectives, macroeconomic indicators and national income data
3.2.2 How the Macroeconomy WorksCircular flow, aggregate demand and aggregate supply
3.2.2.1 The circular flow of income exam questions
Download PDF3.2.2.2 Aggregate demand and aggregate supply analysis exam questions
Download PDF3.2.2.3 The determinants of aggregate demand exam questions
Download PDF3.2.2.4 Aggregate demand and the level of economic activity exam questions
Download PDF3.2.2.5 Determinants of short-run aggregate supply exam questions
Download PDF3.2.2.6 Determinants of long-run aggregate supply exam questions
Download PDF3.2.3 Economic PerformanceGrowth, the economic cycle, unemployment and inflation
3.2.4 Financial Markets and Monetary PolicyFinancial markets, banks, central banks and regulation
3.2.4.1 The structure of financial markets and financial assets exam questions
Download PDF3.2.4.2 Commercial banks and investment banks exam questions
Download PDF3.2.4.3 Central banks and monetary policy exam questions
Download PDF3.2.4.4 The regulation of the financial system exam questions
Download PDF3.2.5 Fiscal Policy and Supply-Side PoliciesTaxation, government spending and supply-side reform
3.2.6 The International EconomyGlobalisation, trade, the balance of payments and exchange rates
Extra resources
Useful downloads for the whole course.
The extracts you need for the data response questions in the topic packs.
Download Economics data response extracts booklet → Specification ChecklistEvery AQA Economics spec point as a checklist, so you can see what is left to revise.
Download Economics specification checklist →AS Level papers
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Past papers
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Old specification papers
Exam questions from the previous AQA A Level Economics specification, by unit.
About AQA A Level Economics
The AQA A Level Economics exam (specification 7136) is made up of three two-hour written papers. AQA A Level Economics Paper 1, Markets and market failure, covers microeconomics, from the economic problem and price determination to market structures, the labour market and government intervention. Paper 2, National and international economy, covers macroeconomics, including economic performance, monetary and fiscal policy and the international economy. Paper 3, Economic principles and issues, can test any topic on the specification through multiple-choice questions and a case study.
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