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economics (HL)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32798/unit-242-business-objectives-hl" title="Unit 2.4(2): Business objectives (HL)">Unit 2.4(2): Business objectives (HL)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32663/unit-251-price-elasticity-of-demand-ped" title="Unit 2.5(1): Price elasticity of demand (PED)">Unit 2.5(1): Price elasticity of demand (PED)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32788/unit-252-income-elasticity-of-demand-yed-" title="Unit 2.5(2): Income elasticity of demand (YED) ">Unit 2.5(2): Income elasticity of demand (YED) </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32789/unit-26-price-elasticity-of-supply-pes-" title="Unit 2.6: Price elasticity of supply (PES) ">Unit 2.6: Price elasticity of supply (PES) </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/33388/unit-271-governments-in-markets-tax-and-subsidy-" title="Unit 2.7(1): Governments in markets - tax and subsidy ">Unit 2.7(1): Governments in markets - tax and subsidy </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/33424/unit-272-governments-in-markets-price-controls" title="Unit 2.7(2): Governments in markets - price controls">Unit 2.7(2): Governments in markets - price controls</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/33665/unit-281-market-failure-externalities" title="Unit 2.8(1): Market failure – externalities">Unit 2.8(1): Market failure – externalities</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/33808/unit-282-market-failure-merit-goods-and-demerit-goods-" title="Unit 2.8(2): Market failure - merit goods and demerit goods ">Unit 2.8(2): Market failure - merit goods and demerit goods </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34054/unit-283-government-intervention-to-manage-externalities-merit-a" title="Unit 2.8(3): Government intervention to manage externalities, merit and demerit goods ">Unit 2.8(3): Government intervention to manage externalities, merit and demerit goods </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34082/unit-284-common-access-pool-resources" title="Unit 2.8(4): Common access (pool) resources">Unit 2.8(4): Common access (pool) resources</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34087/unit-29-public-goods" title="Unit 2.9: Public goods">Unit 2.9: Public goods</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34247/unit-210-asymmetric-information-hl" title="Unit 2.10: Asymmetric information (HL)">Unit 2.10: Asymmetric information (HL)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35118/unit-2111-market-power-theory-of-production-and-costs-hl" title="Unit 2.11(1) Market power - Theory of production and costs (HL)">Unit 2.11(1) Market power - Theory of production and costs (HL)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35125/unit-2112-market-power-perfect-competitionhl" title="Unit 2.11(2) Market power - Perfect competition(HL)">Unit 2.11(2) Market power - Perfect competition(HL)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35147/unit-2113-market-power-monopolyhl" title="Unit 2.11(3) Market power - Monopoly(HL)">Unit 2.11(3) Market power - Monopoly(HL)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35151/unit-2114-market-power-monopolistic-competitionhl" title="Unit 2.11(4) Market power - Monopolistic competition(HL)">Unit 2.11(4) Market power - Monopolistic competition(HL)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35153/unit-2115-market-power-oligopolyhl" title="Unit 2.11(5) Market power - Oligopoly(HL)">Unit 2.11(5) Market power - Oligopoly(HL)</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/41603/economics-real-world-examples-and-extension-material-" title="Economics real world examples and extension material ">Economics real world examples and extension material </a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/43378/opportunity-cost-and-production-possibility-curves" title="Opportunity cost and production possibility curves">Opportunity cost and production possibility curves</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/42559/demand-theory" title="Demand theory">Demand theory</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/41886/the-price-mechanism" title="The price mechanism">The price mechanism</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/43188/market-demand-and-supply" title="Market demand and supply">Market demand and supply</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/41705/demerit-goods" title="Demerit goods">Demerit goods</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/42275/market-failure-and-climate-change" title="Market failure and climate change">Market failure and climate change</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/42925/market-power" title="Market power">Market power</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/42099/applying-game-theory" title="Applying game theory">Applying game theory</a></li></ul></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34407/chapter-3-macroeconomics" title="Chapter 3: Macroeconomics">Chapter 3: Macroeconomics</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34355/unit-311-measuring-the-level-of-economic-activity" title="Unit 3.1(1): Measuring the level of economic activity">Unit 3.1(1): Measuring the level of economic activity</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34432/unit-312-measuring-economic-development" title="Unit 3.1(2): Measuring Economic Development">Unit 3.1(2): Measuring Economic Development</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34485/unit-321-variations-in-economic-activity-aggregate-demand-ad-" title="Unit 3.2(1): Variations in economic activity - aggregate demand (AD) ">Unit 3.2(1): Variations in economic activity - aggregate demand (AD) </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34487/unit-322-variations-in-economic-activity-aggregate-supplyas" title="Unit 3.2(2): Variations in economic activity - aggregate supply(AS)">Unit 3.2(2): Variations in economic activity - aggregate supply(AS)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34758/unit-331-macroeconomic-objectives-economic-growth" title="Unit 3.3(1) Macroeconomic objectives: economic growth">Unit 3.3(1) Macroeconomic objectives: economic growth</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34771/unit-332-macroeconomic-objectives-unemployment-" title="Unit 3.3(2) Macroeconomic objectives: unemployment ">Unit 3.3(2) Macroeconomic objectives: unemployment </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34778/unit-333-macroeconomic-objectives-inflation-and-deflation-" title="Unit 3.3(3) Macroeconomic objectives: inflation and deflation ">Unit 3.3(3) Macroeconomic objectives: inflation and deflation </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34925/unit-341-economics-of-inequality-and-poverty" title="Unit 3.4(1) Economics of inequality and poverty">Unit 3.4(1) Economics of inequality and poverty</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34946/unit-342-policies-to-improve-equality-equity-and-poverty" title="Unit 3.4(2) Policies to improve equality, equity and poverty">Unit 3.4(2) Policies to improve equality, equity and poverty</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34993/unit-35-government-management-of-the-economy-monetary-policy" title="Unit 3.5 Government management of the economy – monetary policy">Unit 3.5 Government management of the economy – monetary policy</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/34962/unit-36-government-management-of-the-economy-fiscal-policy" title="Unit 3.6 Government management of the economy – fiscal policy">Unit 3.6 Government management of the economy – fiscal policy</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35017/unit-371-market-based-supply-side-policies-" title="Unit 3.7(1) Market based supply-side policies ">Unit 3.7(1) Market based supply-side policies </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35018/unit-372-interventionist-supply-side-policies-" title="Unit 3.7(2) Interventionist supply-side policies ">Unit 3.7(2) Interventionist supply-side policies </a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/45803/economics-real-world-examples-and-extension-material-" title="Economics real world examples and extension material ">Economics real world examples and extension material </a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/42639/measuring-economic-well-being" title="Measuring economic well-being">Measuring economic well-being</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/43044/inflation" title="Inflation">Inflation</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/42350/inequality" title="Inequality">Inequality</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/41639/inequity" title="Inequity">Inequity</a></li></ul></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35414/chapter-4-the-global-economy" title="Chapter 4: The Global Economy">Chapter 4: The Global Economy</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35346/unit-41-benefits-of-international-trade" title="Unit 4.1 Benefits of international trade">Unit 4.1 Benefits of international trade</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35348/unit-4243-trade-protectionism" title="Unit 4.2/4.3 Trade protectionism">Unit 4.2/4.3 Trade protectionism</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35407/unit-44-economic-integration-" title="Unit 4.4 Economic integration ">Unit 4.4 Economic integration </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35409/unit-45-exchange-rates" title="Unit 4.5 Exchange rates">Unit 4.5 Exchange rates</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35413/unit-46-balance-of-payments-" title="Unit 4.6 Balance of payments ">Unit 4.6 Balance of payments </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35675/unit-47-sustainable-development" title="Unit 4.7 Sustainable development">Unit 4.7 Sustainable development</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35685/unit-48-measuring-development-" title="Unit 4.8 Measuring development ">Unit 4.8 Measuring development </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35687/unit-49-barriers-to-economic-development" title="Unit 4.9 Barriers to economic development">Unit 4.9 Barriers to economic development</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/35702/unit-410-economic-growth-and-economic-development-strategies" title="Unit 4.10: Economic growth and economic development strategies">Unit 4.10: Economic growth and economic development strategies</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/45804/economics-real-world-examples-and-extension-material-" title="Economics real world examples and extension material ">Economics real world examples and extension material </a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/41927/foreign-currency" title="Foreign currency">Foreign currency</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/43532/exchange-rates" title="Exchange rates">Exchange rates</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/43804/balance-of-payments" title="Balance of payments">Balance of payments</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/41796/economic-development" title="Economic development">Economic development</a></li></ul></ul></ul><li class="ancestor parent std-toplevel" style="padding-left: 4px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right fa-rotate-90"></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20132/units-1-2-microeconomics" title="Units 1-2: Microeconomics">Units 1-2: Microeconomics</a></li><ul class="level-1 expanded"><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="std-disabled" href="#" title="Unit 1: Introduction to economics">Unit 1: Introduction to economics</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20091/introductory-activity" title="Introductory activity">Introductory activity</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20093/unit-11-scarcity-choice-and-opportunity-cost" title="Unit 1.1: Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost">Unit 1.1: Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21647/factors-of-production" title="Factors of production">Factors of production</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20114/economic-systems" title="Economic systems">Economic systems</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20134/public-and-private-sectors" title="Public and private sectors">Public and private sectors</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/28055/unit-12-economics-as-a-social-science" title="Unit 1.2: Economics as a social science">Unit 1.2: Economics as a social science</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29921/circular-flow-of-national-income" title="Circular flow of national income">Circular flow of national income</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29829/unit-1-review-terms" title="Unit 1: Review terms">Unit 1: Review terms</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/41600/introduction-to-economics-crossword" title="Introduction to economics crossword">Introduction to economics crossword</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/4331/unit-1-multiple-choice-quiz" title="Unit 1: Multiple choice quiz">Unit 1: Multiple choice quiz</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20177/unit-21-23-competitive-markets-demand-and-supply" title="Unit 2.1-2.3: Competitive markets - demand and supply">Unit 2.1-2.3: Competitive markets - demand and supply</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/28517/unit-21-demand" title="Unit 2.1: Demand">Unit 2.1: Demand</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/22349/determinants-of-demand" title="Determinants of demand">Determinants of demand</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29949/unit-22-supply-" title="Unit 2.2: Supply ">Unit 2.2: Supply </a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20184/changes-to-supply-and-demand-" title="Changes to supply and demand ">Changes to supply and demand </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21992/practise-exercises" title="Practise exercises">Practise exercises</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/26112/gold-exchange-game-demand-and-supply" title="Gold exchange game: Demand and supply">Gold exchange game: Demand and supply</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20194/unit-23-competitive-market-equilibrium" title="Unit 2.3: Competitive market equilibrium">Unit 2.3: Competitive market equilibrium</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20144/producer-and-consumer-surplus" title="Producer and consumer surplus">Producer and consumer surplus</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/22351/veblen-goods-and-super-luxury-goods" title="Veblen goods and super luxury goods">Veblen goods and super luxury goods</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/25677/are-cryptocurrencies-the-new-tulipmania" title="Are Cryptocurrencies the new Tulipmania?">Are Cryptocurrencies the new Tulipmania?</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20472/unit-21-23-multiple-choice-quiz" title="Unit 2.1-2.3: Multiple choice quiz">Unit 2.1-2.3: Multiple choice quiz</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20113/unit-24-consumer-and-producer-behaviour-hl-only" title="Unit 2.4: Consumer and producer behaviour (HL only)">Unit 2.4: Consumer and producer behaviour (HL only)</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/36073/behavioural-economics-consumer-biases-nudge-theory-hl-only" title="Behavioural economics: Consumer biases / nudge theory (HL only)">Behavioural economics: Consumer biases / nudge theory (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20378/business-objectives-hl-only" title="Business objectives (HL only)">Business objectives (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/28741/unit-21-24-review-terms-" title="Unit 2.1-2.4: Review terms ">Unit 2.1-2.4: Review terms </a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20195/unit-25-26-elasticity" title="Unit 2.5-2.6: Elasticity">Unit 2.5-2.6: Elasticity</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/28713/unit-25-price-elasticity-of-demand" title="Unit 2.5: Price elasticity of demand">Unit 2.5: Price elasticity of demand</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21545/determinants-of-price-elasticity-" title="Determinants of price elasticity ">Determinants of price elasticity </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21532/ped-elasticity-and-sales-revenue" title="PED elasticity and sales revenue?">PED elasticity and sales revenue?</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21259/unit-25-income-elasticity-of-demand-yed" title="Unit 2.5: Income elasticity of demand (YED)">Unit 2.5: Income elasticity of demand (YED)</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21200/unit-26-price-elasticity-of-supply" title="Unit 2.6: Price elasticity of supply">Unit 2.6: Price elasticity of supply</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20207/perfectly-elastic-inelastic-supply-curves" title="Perfectly elastic / inelastic supply curves">Perfectly elastic / inelastic supply curves</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20230/a-mathematical-note-about-elasticity-" title="A mathematical note about elasticity ">A mathematical note about elasticity </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/39037/demand-and-supply-crossword" title="Demand and supply crossword">Demand and supply crossword</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29021/unit-25-26-review-terms" title="Unit 2.5-2.6: Review terms">Unit 2.5-2.6: Review terms</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20474/unit-25-26-multiple-choice-quiz-" title="Unit 2.5-2.6: Multiple choice quiz ">Unit 2.5-2.6: Multiple choice quiz </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/44474/unit-21-25-competitive-markets-quiz" title="Unit 2.1- 2.5: Competitive markets quiz">Unit 2.1- 2.5: Competitive markets quiz</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20243/unit-27-the-role-of-government-in-microeconomics-" title="Unit 2.7: The role of government in microeconomics ">Unit 2.7: The role of government in microeconomics </a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/26590/indirect-taxation" title="Indirect taxation">Indirect taxation</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20246/ped-and-the-burden-of-tax-hl-only-" title="PED and the burden of tax (HL only) ">PED and the burden of tax (HL only) </a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20277/government-subsidies-" title="Government subsidies ">Government subsidies </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29117/unit-27-indirect-tax-and-subsidy-review-terms" title="Unit 2.7: Indirect tax and subsidy review terms">Unit 2.7: Indirect tax and subsidy review terms</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20287/price-controls-maximum-price-" title="Price controls − maximum price ">Price controls − maximum price </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20288/minimum-price-" title="Minimum price ">Minimum price </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21540/minimum-wage-" title="Minimum wage ">Minimum wage </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/38849/labour-market-crossword" title="Labour market crossword">Labour market crossword</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29260/unit-27-price-controls-review-terms" title="Unit 2.7: Price controls review terms">Unit 2.7: Price controls review terms</a></li></ul><li class="ancestor parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right fa-rotate-90"></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20303/unit-28-210-market-failure-" title="Unit 2.8-2.10: Market failure ">Unit 2.8-2.10: Market failure </a></li><ul class="level-2 expanded"><li class="current" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21543/unit-28-merit-goods-" title="Unit 2.8: Merit goods ">Unit 2.8: Merit goods </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/23123/unit-28-demerit-goods-negative-externalities" title="Unit 2.8: Demerit goods / negative externalities">Unit 2.8: Demerit goods / negative externalities</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/38850/market-failure-crossword" title="Market failure crossword">Market failure crossword</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29262/unit-29-economics-of-the-environment-and-public-goods-" title="Unit 2.9: Economics of the environment and public goods ">Unit 2.9: Economics of the environment and public goods </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20332/unit-210-asymmetric-information-hl-only" title="Unit 2.10: Asymmetric information (HL only)">Unit 2.10: Asymmetric information (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29828/unit-28-210-market-failure-review-sheet" title="Unit 2.8-2.10: Market failure review sheet">Unit 2.8-2.10: Market failure review sheet</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29827/unit-28-210-market-failure-review-terms" title="Unit 2.8-2.10: Market failure review terms">Unit 2.8-2.10: Market failure review terms</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20479/unit-27-210-multiple-choice-quiz-" title="Unit 2.7-2.10: Multiple choice quiz ">Unit 2.7-2.10: Multiple choice quiz </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/44501/unit-27-210-government-failure-revision-quiz" title="Unit 2.7-2.10 Government failure revision quiz">Unit 2.7-2.10 Government failure revision quiz</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20330/unit-211-market-power-hl-only" title="Unit 2.11: Market power (HL only)">Unit 2.11: Market power (HL only)</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29835/assessment-map" title="Assessment map">Assessment map</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21528/production-hl-only" title="Production (HL only)">Production (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29978/revenue-theory-hl-only" title="Revenue theory (HL only)">Revenue theory (HL only)</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20357/costs-of-production-hl-only" title="Costs of production (HL only)">Costs of production (HL only)</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21286/economies-and-diseconomies-of-scale-hl-only" title="Economies and diseconomies of scale (HL only)">Economies and diseconomies of scale (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/22494/long-run-average-cost-curves-hl-only" title="Long run average cost curves (HL only)">Long run average cost curves (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29838/breakeven-hl-only" title="Breakeven (HL only)">Breakeven (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20340/economic-profit-hl-only" title="Economic profit (HL only)">Economic profit (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/39082/market-power-crossword" title="Market power crossword">Market power crossword</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/22495/revision-exercise-on-cost-and-revenue-hl-only" title="Revision exercise on cost and revenue (HL only)">Revision exercise on cost and revenue (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29845/unit-211-costs-revenue-and-profit-review-sheet-hl-only" title="Unit 2.11: Costs, revenue and profit review sheet (HL only)">Unit 2.11: Costs, revenue and profit review sheet (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/44484/unit-211-multiple-choice-quiz-sl-units" title="Unit 2.11: Multiple choice quiz (SL units)">Unit 2.11: Multiple choice quiz (SL units)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29846/market-structures-hl-only" title="Market structures (HL only)">Market structures (HL only)</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29981/perfect-competition-hl-only" title="Perfect competition (HL only)">Perfect competition (HL only)</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/24486/profit-in-perfect-competition-hl-only" title="Profit in perfect competition (HL only)">Profit in perfect competition (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21302/efficiency-in-perfect-competition-hl-only" title="Efficiency in perfect competition (HL only)">Efficiency in perfect competition (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20430/monopoly-hl-only" title="Monopoly (HL only)">Monopoly (HL only)</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/24529/profit-and-revenue-maximisation-in-monopoly-hl-only" title="Profit and revenue maximisation in monopoly (HL only)">Profit and revenue maximisation in monopoly (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21306/a-comparison-of-monopoly-and-perfect-competition-hl-only" title="A comparison of monopoly and perfect competition? (HL only)">A comparison of monopoly and perfect competition? (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20435/monopolistic-competition-hl-only" title="Monopolistic competition (HL only)">Monopolistic competition (HL only)</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20436/oligopoly-hl-only" title="Oligopoly (HL only)">Oligopoly (HL only)</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/22310/game-theory-hl-only" title="Game theory (HL only)">Game theory (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29918/unit-211-market-structures-review-sheet-hl-only" title="Unit 2.11: Market structures review sheet (HL only)">Unit 2.11: Market structures review sheet (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32337/unit-211-diagram-revision-" title="Unit 2.11: Diagram revision ">Unit 2.11: Diagram revision </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20480/unit-211-multiple-choice-quiz-hl-only" title="Unit 2.11: Multiple choice quiz (HL only)">Unit 2.11: Multiple choice quiz (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32425/unit-212-the-markets-inability-to-achieve-equity-hl-only" title="Unit 2.12: The market’s inability to achieve equity (HL only)">Unit 2.12: The market’s inability to achieve equity (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class=" parent std-toplevel" style="padding-left: 4px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21842/unit-3-macroeconomics-" title="Unit 3: Macroeconomics ">Unit 3: Macroeconomics </a></li><ul class="level-1 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/3942/unit-31-measuring-economic-activity-and-illustrating-its-variati" title="Unit 3.1: Measuring economic activity and illustrating its variations">Unit 3.1: Measuring economic activity and illustrating its variations</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20558/calculating-national-income" title="Calculating national income">Calculating national income</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21297/gdp-gni-as-a-measure-of-living-standards" title="GDP / GNI as a measure of living standards">GDP / GNI as a measure of living standards</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20567/national-income-statistics" title="National income statistics">National income statistics</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21580/the-business-cycle" title="The business cycle">The business cycle</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29931/unit-31-economic-activity-review-sheet" title="Unit 3.1: Economic activity review sheet">Unit 3.1: Economic activity review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20592/unit-32-variations-in-economic-activityaggregate-demand-and-aggr" title="Unit 3.2: Variations in economic activity—aggregate demand and aggregate supply">Unit 3.2: Variations in economic activity—aggregate demand and aggregate supply</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/29933/aggregate-demand-and-supply" title="Aggregate demand and supply">Aggregate demand and supply</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21582/components-of-aggregate-demand" title="Components of aggregate demand">Components of aggregate demand</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20634/equilibrium-in-macroeconomics-neo-classical-perspective" title="Equilibrium in macroeconomics (neo-classical perspective)">Equilibrium in macroeconomics (neo-classical perspective)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20439/equilibrium-in-macroeconomics-keynesian-perspective" title="Equilibrium in macroeconomics (keynesian perspective)">Equilibrium in macroeconomics (keynesian perspective)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21349/john-maynard-keynes" title="John Maynard Keynes">John Maynard Keynes</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20650/keynesian-v-free-market-debate-" title="Keynesian v free market debate ">Keynesian v free market debate </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21342/changes-in-the-long-run-aggregate-supply" title="Changes in the long run aggregate supply">Changes in the long run aggregate supply</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30055/unit-32-aggregate-demand-and-supply-review-sheet" title="Unit 3.2: Aggregate demand and supply review sheet">Unit 3.2: Aggregate demand and supply review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20610/unit-35-and-36-demand-management-fiscal-and-monetary-policy" title="Unit 3.5 and 3.6: Demand management - fiscal and monetary policy">Unit 3.5 and 3.6: Demand management - fiscal and monetary policy</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30058/government-budget" title="Government budget">Government budget</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21585/fiscal-policy-" title="Fiscal policy ">Fiscal policy </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21343/multiplier-hl-only" title="Multiplier (HL only)">Multiplier (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21795/monetary-policy-" title="Monetary policy ">Monetary policy </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30071/independent-central-banks" title="Independent central banks">Independent central banks</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30083/unit-35-and-36-review-sheet" title="Unit 3.5 and 3.6 review sheet">Unit 3.5 and 3.6 review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20615/unit-37-supply-side-policies" title="Unit 3.7: Supply side policies">Unit 3.7: Supply side policies</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20651/the-role-of-supply-side-policies" title="The role of supply side policies">The role of supply side policies</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20622/market-based-and-interventionist-supply-side-policies-" title="Market based and interventionist supply side policies ">Market based and interventionist supply side policies </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/39129/aggregate-demand-and-supply-crossword" title="Aggregate demand and supply crossword">Aggregate demand and supply crossword</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30086/unit-37-review-sheet" title="Unit 3.7: Review sheet">Unit 3.7: Review sheet</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20755/unit-31-32-and-35-37-multiple-choice-quiz-" title="Unit 3.1-3.2 and 3.5-3.7: Multiple choice quiz ">Unit 3.1-3.2 and 3.5-3.7: Multiple choice quiz </a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/44522/unit-31-32-and-35-37-revision-quiz" title="Unit 3.1-3.2 and 3.5-3.7: Revision quiz">Unit 3.1-3.2 and 3.5-3.7: Revision quiz</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20686/unit-33-macroeconomic-objectives" title="Unit 3.3: Macroeconomic objectives">Unit 3.3: Macroeconomic objectives</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30118/unemployment" title="Unemployment">Unemployment</a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21351/types-of-unemployment" title="Types of unemployment?">Types of unemployment?</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21593/equilibrium-unemployment-" title="Equilibrium unemployment ">Equilibrium unemployment </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21594/disequilibrium-unemployment" title="Disequilibrium unemployment">Disequilibrium unemployment</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30458/unemployment-review-sheet" title="Unemployment review sheet">Unemployment review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20713/inflation-" title="Inflation ">Inflation </a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20712/measuring-inflation-hl-only" title="Measuring inflation (HL only)">Measuring inflation (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20685/costs-of-inflation-and-deflation" title="Costs of inflation and deflation">Costs of inflation and deflation</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30465/inflation-review-sheet" title="Inflation review sheet">Inflation review sheet</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20716/unemployment-v-inflation-trade-off-hl-only" title="Unemployment v inflation trade off (HL only)">Unemployment v inflation trade off (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/39133/macroeconomic-objectives-crossword" title="Macroeconomic objectives crossword">Macroeconomic objectives crossword</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/44511/unit-33-macroeconomic-indicators-revision-quiz" title="Unit 3.3: Macroeconomic indicators revision quiz">Unit 3.3: Macroeconomic indicators revision quiz</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20741/unit-34-economics-of-inequality-and-poverty" title="Unit 3.4: Economics of inequality and poverty">Unit 3.4: Economics of inequality and poverty</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32398/inequality" title="Inequality">Inequality</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21356/the-role-of-spending-and-taxation-on-inequality-" title="The role of spending and taxation on inequality ">The role of spending and taxation on inequality </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21313/consequences-of-economic-growth" title="Consequences of economic growth">Consequences of economic growth</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30257/economic-growth-and-inequality-review-sheet" title="Economic growth and inequality review sheet">Economic growth and inequality review sheet</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20756/unit-33-34-multiple-choice-" title="Unit 3.3-3.4: Multiple choice ">Unit 3.3-3.4: Multiple choice </a></li></ul></ul><li class=" parent std-toplevel" style="padding-left: 4px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21844/unit-4-global-economy" title="Unit 4: Global economy">Unit 4: Global economy</a></li><ul class="level-1 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21367/unit-41-benefits-of-international-trade" title="Unit 4.1: Benefits of international trade">Unit 4.1: Benefits of international trade</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30529/benefits-of-international-trade" title="Benefits of international trade">Benefits of international trade</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20823/absolute-and-comparative-advantage-hl-only" title="Absolute and comparative advantage (HL only)">Absolute and comparative advantage (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20845/unit-42-43-trade-protection" title="Unit 4.2-4.3: Trade protection">Unit 4.2-4.3: Trade protection</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32419/barriers-to-trade-calculations-are-hl-only" title="Barriers to trade (calculations are HL only)">Barriers to trade (calculations are HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21610/case-study-on-tata-steel" title="Case study on Tata Steel">Case study on Tata Steel</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/23455/the-defence-industry" title="The Defence industry">The Defence industry</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30610/unit-41-43-review-sheet" title="Unit 4.1-4.3: Review sheet">Unit 4.1-4.3: Review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20894/unit-44-economic-integration-" title="Unit 4.4: Economic integration ">Unit 4.4: Economic integration </a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30634/economic-integration-some-hl-tasks" title="Economic integration (some HL tasks)">Economic integration (some HL tasks)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20840/world-trade-organisation-wto" title="World trade organisation (WTO)">World trade organisation (WTO)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30635/unit-44-review-sheet" title="Unit 4.4: Review sheet">Unit 4.4: Review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20853/unit-45-exchange-rates" title="Unit 4.5: Exchange rates">Unit 4.5: Exchange rates</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30611/floating-exchange-rates" title="Floating exchange rates">Floating exchange rates</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/31824/fixed-managed-exchange-rate-systems-some-hl-tasks" title="Fixed / managed exchange rate systems (some HL tasks)">Fixed / managed exchange rate systems (some HL tasks)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21624/the-market-for-foreign-exchange" title="The market for foreign exchange">The market for foreign exchange</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30614/unit-45-review-sheet" title="Unit 4.5: Review sheet">Unit 4.5: Review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20859/unit-46-balance-of-payments" title="Unit 4.6: Balance of payments">Unit 4.6: Balance of payments</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30624/balance-of-payments-" title="Balance of payments ">Balance of payments </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21386/current-account-hl-only" title="Current account (HL only)">Current account (HL only)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20872/the-marshall-lerner-condition-j-curve-hl-only" title="The Marshall-Lerner condition / J curve (HL only)">The Marshall-Lerner condition / J curve (HL only)</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20899/units-41-46-multiple-choice-quiz-" title="Units 4.1-4.6: Multiple choice quiz ">Units 4.1-4.6: Multiple choice quiz </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/42989/unit-41-46-multiple-choice-quiz-ii" title="Unit 4.1-4.6: Multiple choice quiz II">Unit 4.1-4.6: Multiple choice quiz II</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/39438/unit-41-46-international-trade-crossword" title="Unit 4.1-4.6: International trade crossword">Unit 4.1-4.6: International trade crossword</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32423/unit-47-sustainable-development-" title="Unit 4.7: Sustainable development ">Unit 4.7: Sustainable development </a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/26092/water-scarcity-activity" title="Water scarcity activity">Water scarcity activity</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32426/sustainable-development" title="Sustainable development">Sustainable development</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20928/unit-48-measuring-development-" title="Unit 4.8: Measuring development ">Unit 4.8: Measuring development </a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30686/measuring-development" title="Measuring development">Measuring development</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21627/economic-development-" title="Economic development ">Economic development </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30679/unit-47-48-review-sheet" title="Unit 4.7-4.8: Review sheet">Unit 4.7-4.8: Review sheet</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="std-disabled" href="#" title="Unit 4.9: Barriers to development">Unit 4.9: Barriers to development</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30727/barriers-to-development-in-international-trade" title="Barriers to development in International trade">Barriers to development in International trade</a></li></ul><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32430/unit-410-economic-growth-andor-economic-development-strategies" title="Unit 4.10: Economic growth and/or economic development strategies">Unit 4.10: Economic growth and/or economic development strategies</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30687/the-role-of-domestic-factors" title="The role of domestic factors">The role of domestic factors</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30688/the-role-of-international-trade-and-development" title="The role of international trade and development">The role of international trade and development</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30689/the-role-of-foreign-direct-investment-fdi" title="The role of foreign direct investment (FDI)">The role of foreign direct investment (FDI)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/25240/the-role-of-foreign-aid-" title="The role of foreign aid ">The role of foreign aid </a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30819/multilateral-development-assistance" title="Multilateral development assistance">Multilateral development assistance</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21632/the-role-of-international-debt" title="The role of international debt">The role of international debt</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/25242/the-balance-between-markets-and-intervention" title="The balance between markets and intervention">The balance between markets and intervention</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/30926/unit-49-410-review-sheet" title="Unit 4.9 - 4.10: Review sheet">Unit 4.9 - 4.10: Review sheet</a></li></ul></ul><li class=" parent std-toplevel" style="padding-left: 4px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21380/assessment" title="Assessment">Assessment</a></li><ul class="level-1 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="std-disabled" href="#" title="Internal assessment ">Internal assessment </a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/20608/how-to-write-your-ia-student-handout" title="How to write your IA? (student handout)">How to write your IA? (student handout)</a></li><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/21428/how-to-interpret-the-assessment-criteria" title="How to interpret the assessment criteria?">How to interpret the assessment criteria?</a></li><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="std-disabled" href="#" title="Grading practise ">Grading practise </a></li><ul class="level-3 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 42px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="std-disabled" href="#" title="Sample 3a">Sample 3a</a></li><ul class="level-4 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 56px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32083/sample-3b" title="Sample 3b">Sample 3b</a></li></ul></ul></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/32022/assessment-markbands" title="Assessment markbands">Assessment markbands</a></li></ul><li class=" parent std-toplevel" style="padding-left: 4px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/4332/exam-style-questions" title="Exam style questions">Exam style questions</a></li><ul class="level-1 "><li class=" parent" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="std-disabled" href="#" title="Paper 1 style examination questions">Paper 1 style examination questions</a></li><ul class="level-2 "><li class="" style="padding-left: 28px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/40100/unit-211-212-questions" title="Unit 2.11-2.12 questions">Unit 2.11-2.12 questions</a></li></ul><li class="" style="padding-left: 14px"><i class="expander fa fa-caret-right "></i><a class="" href="https://www.student.thinkib.net/economics/page/45102/paper-1-guidance-on-essay-writing" title="Paper 1 guidance on essay writing">Paper 1 guidance on essay writing</a></li></ul></ul></nav> </div> </div> </div> </div><div style="margin-top: 20px;"><style type="text/css">
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<h1 class="section-title">Unit 2.8: Merit goods </h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2><p>This lesson looks at another reason for market failure in economics - the undersupply of merit goods in an economy. I find that <img alt="" height="191" src="/media/ib/economics/images/general-2/graduation_may_2007_009.jpg" style="float: left;" width="255" />students will sometimes confuse the concepts of merit goods and positive externalities. It is important to make the distinction that merit goods are goods or services that consumers will often undervalue, but which provide positive externalities to third parties when consumed. Positive externalities can be described as benefits enjoyed by a third party when a consumer makes a purchasing decision. Examples include health or education services.</p><p>The lesson also focuses on how governments can correct market failure, by the implementing of subsidies on those goods and services. Your students need to be given the opportunity to practice drawing each of the diagrams on market failure - so they become proficient in illustrating the benefits of government action to correct market failure. Market failure is a common question on the paper one examination and any response must include a suitable diagram. It is my experience that students find it difficult to draw market failure diagrams.</p><hr class="hidden" /><div class="greenBg"><h3>Enquiry question</h3>Why might the provision of some goods e.g. health and education services be underprovided by the market? What measures can a government take to ensure adequate production of merit goods are provided within any society.</div><div class="blueBg"><h4><strong><img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics-2/dsc02266.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 240px; float: right;" /></strong> Teacher notes</h4><p><strong>Lesson time: </strong>90 minutes</p><p><strong>Lesson objectives:</strong></p><p>Explain, using diagrams and examples, the concepts of positive externalities of production and consumption, and the welfare loss associated with the production or consumption of a good or service.</p><p>Explain that merit goods are goods whose consumption creates external benefits.</p><p>Evaluate, using diagrams, the use of government responses, including subsidies, legislation, advertising to influence behaviour, and direct provision of goods and services.</p><p><strong>Teacher notes:</strong></p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>1.</strong> <strong>Opening question </strong>- Either ask students to complete this activity in their notebooks or have a volunteer complete the exercise on the whiteboard. (5 minutes)</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>2.</strong> <strong>Processes</strong> -<strong> technical Vocabulary </strong>- your classes can learn the required vocabulary watching the first two videos and completing the first two activities. Activity 2 specifically applies the theory of market failure to the provision of flu vaccinations. (20 minutes)<strong> </strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="color:#FF0000;">3. Reinforcement activities </span></strong><span style="color:#FF0000;">- attached to the class handout are a number of activities which relate the theory included in this section to specific merit goods. Activities 3 and 4 relate to the merit good education, while 5 focuses on the market for clean energy. (25 minutes).</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>4. Link to the IA - </strong>many students choose to complete a microeconomics commentary on a merit good and the benefits associated with correcting the market failure using a government subsidy. Activities 2 - 5 include examples of such a scenario, complete with diagrams, the problem identified as well as the solution illustrated. </span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>5. Group discussion activities</strong> - both activities 5 and 6 are suitable as areas for discussion. Allow 15 minutes for the two activities.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>6. Activities 8 and 9</strong> </span><span style="color:#FF0000;">- also provide examples of how this topic could be incorporated into an internal assessment, comparing the UK's social health care system with the USA's private one. (10 minutes)</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>7. TOK links</strong> - activity 10 is suitable for use as a TOK exercise. (5 minutes)</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>8. Link to the assessment</strong> - the last activity, number 11 includes a relevant paper one style question for your students to consider or attempt as a classwork / homework exercise. (10 minutes)</span></p></section></div><div class="pinkBg"><h4>Beginning activity</h4><p>1. Governments will collect tax revenue to fund essential public services. Which public service(s) do you think offer the best return for governments in terms of their impact in the growth of GDP?</p><p>2. Should governments provide merit goods such as public transport, health and education free of charge at the point of sale? Consider the opportunity costs of such a decision.</p></div><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">According to the United Nations spending on health and education services provides the best return on investment with a strong correlation between increased investment in human capital and economic growth. Another good use of government spending is improvements to infrastructure, which also result in more than proportional rises in economic growth.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">The opportunity cost of providing any public service free of charge is represented by the cost to the tax payer of providing those services. This may be unpopular with citizens who do not necessarily want to pay higher taxes for goods and services that they may not even use. This also further increases the free rider problem − individuals using services that they have not paid for. On the other hand providing merit goods free of charge encourages their use, making them available to all members of a society.</span></p></section><div class="greenBg"><h4><img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics/externalities-diagram.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 300px; float: right;" /><em><strong>Key terms:</strong></em></h4><p><strong>Merit goods</strong> - goods or services with strong positive externalities. Merit goods would be under-provided by the market and so under-consumed.</p><p><strong>Positive externalities</strong> - benefits enjoyed by a third-party when a consumer makes a purchasing decision.</p><p><strong>Marginal private benefit</strong> - the private benefit (utility) enjoyed by a household (or business) in actually consuming (or producing) a good.</p><p><strong>Marginal social benefit </strong>− this is equal to marginal private benefit (MPB) + the externalities of consumption or production.</p><p><strong>Social efficiency </strong>- this occurs when the resources in an economy are used in the most efficient way possible and are represented by the output level where the social marginal costs = the social marginal benefits of production. </p></div><p>The activities on this page are available as a PDF file at: <a href="/media/ib/economics/files/micro-economics/merit-goods.pdf" target="_blank" title="Student handouts"><img class="ico" src="https://assets.inthinking.net/thinkib/icons/student-handout.png" /> Merit goods</a></p><div class="pinkBg"><h4>Activity 1</h4><p>Watch the following short video and then answer the following questions:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jLtEkEJco-o" width="640"></iframe></p><p>(a) What is a merit good? </p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A good or service with strong positive externalities of consumption and / or production. </span></p></section><p><img alt="" height="229" src="/media/ib/economics/images/macro-economics-2/download7.jpg" style="float: right;" title="pixels.com" width="203" />(b) Identify some examples from the video of goods that provide obvious positive benefits to any society.</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">The video identifies the following goods as merit goods - provision of housing stamps to improve nutrition, subsidised housing, education and health services</span></p></section><p>(c) Why are many merit goods under demanded (relative to the social optimum level of production), in free market systems?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"></span><span style="color:#FF0000;">By definition, all merit goods are likely to be undervalued relative to the socially optimum level of consumption level. This is because consumers consider only their own private benefit (utility) and not the benefits (or costs) enjoyed by other third parties. </span><span style="color:#FF0000;"> </span></p></section><p>(d) What other reasons does the video give to explain why many merit goods are provided by governments?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Providing merit goods is often a more popular way of redistributing income than doing so via taxation and welfare benefits? Other reasons identified include the dangers of addiction or other socially undesirable consumption such as prostitution or pollution.</span></p></section></div><div class="pinkBg"><h4><strong>Activity 2: Applying the theory to Flu vaccinations</strong></h4><p>Watch the following short video and then answer the two questions that follow:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hvMAec06_Uo" width="640"></iframe></p><p>(a) What are the spillover costs associated with flu shots?</p><p>(b) why does this represent a market failure in free market systems?</p></div><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">The spillover costs associated with the under consumption of flu shots is that when an individual receives the jab they are protected from catching the disease. This is an obvious marginal private benefit to them and the reason why many people are prepared to pay the market price for the shot. However, in receiving the jab they not only protect themselves against the flu but also anybody else who might otherwise come into contact with them - a marginal social benefit.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">When an insufficient number of people receive the flu shots this creates spillover costs for the society and this represents a market failure, because the number of people receiving the shot is equal to MPB and not the MSB.</span></p></section><div class="pinkBg"><h4><img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics/merit-good-diagram-unieversity.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 320px; float: left;" /><strong>Activity 3: Education</strong></h4><p>The diagram to the left illustrates the market for a merit good, education in a free market. </p><p>(a) What are the private benefits of a university education?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Enhanced future financial and career prospects. </span></p></section><p>(b) What are the social benefits to society of university education?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Society benefits from a better educated and hence more productive workforce.</span></p></section><p>(c) In a free market how many students will enter university and what level of tuition would be charged?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Q1 students paying P1, where the marginal private benefit equals the marginal private cost.</span></p></section><p>(d) What is the socially optimum level of students receiving a university education?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Q2, <span style="color:#FF0000;">where the marginal social benefit equals the marginal social cost.</span></span></p></section></div><div class="blueBg"><p><strong>Identifying the socially optimum level (the Qso test) </strong></p><p>Students often find it difficult to identify the area of welfare loss on a diagram. To help learners identify the area of welfare loss direct them to identify the socially optimum level of output, where MSB=MSC. At this point, if the diagram is drawn correctly, there will no welfare loss. The area of welfare loss will be represented by the area between this point and the equlibium level of output. This is shown on the diagram above by the triangle between Q1 and Q2.</p></div><div class="pinkBg"><h4><strong>Activity 4: Providing a subsidy to correct market failure</strong></h4><p>In an effort to correct market failure many governments will provide education either free of charge or heavily subsidized.</p><p>(a) Redraw diagram 1 showing the size of the subsidy and the new equilibrium level of students and tuition fee.</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics/cost-of-university-subsidy.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 320px; float: right;" /><span style="color:#FF0000;">After the government subsidy the number of students attending Higher Education is at the socially optimum level (Q2) is reached. To achieve this the government provides a subsidy equal to the green rectangle - as a result of the subsidy each individual student pays only price P3 with P3 – P2 paid by the government.</span></p></section><p>(b) Outline disadvantages of the policy.</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">One obvious disadvantage of this policy is the difficulty of calculating the exact size of the externality and therefore, deciding on the level of subsidy to provide. </span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">The policy can also be unpopular politically with some tax payers unwilling to see tax revenue diverted towards the provision of services that they may not benefit from themselves.</span></p></section></div><div class="pinkBg"><div><h4><strong><img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics/levelizedgraph2.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 292px; float: right;" />Activity 5: The market for clean energy</strong></h4><p>The following table represents the current cost of generating electricity in the USA, if left up to the free market.</p><p>Use this diagram to explain whether governments should intervene in the market for energy generation?</p><hr /></div></div><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><div><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em><strong>Outline the arguments for and against such a decision.</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"></span></p></div><section><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">The arguments for governments intervening in the market are obvious. Without significant help from governments the cleaner renewable energy sources may never compete financially with conventional sources. For example, as the table illustrates, electricity generation from coal is around one-third or half of the price of the same volume of electricity generated from solar or wind sources. </span></p><p><span style="color:#000080;">On the other hand as Milton Freedman identifies history is littered with instances where government intervention in the market has made matters worse rather than better. Is it also fair that citizens today should pay a higher price for energy today, simply to pay for supposed benefits in the future? </span></p></section></section><div class="pinkBg"><h4><strong>Activity 6: Group exercise</strong></h4><p>Imagine you are given the keys to the treasury of your government. Your first task is to decide which of the following public services you wish to provide free at the point of delivery, which to subsidize and which not to fund at all. Remember that every $ you spend on services must be collected out of taxation.</p><table><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Public service</strong></td><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Provide free </strong></td><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Subsidize</strong></td><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Don't fund</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Medical care (emergency services)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Non essential medical care</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Schools</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">University education</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Public transport</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Food stamps for low income families</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Subsidized housing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Pensions / out of work benefits</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="pinkBg"><h4><strong>Activity 7</strong></h4><p>Complete the following table which includes some of the public services provided by many governments. Which can be considered public goods, which can be considered merit goods and which fulfil neither category?</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Public good</strong></td><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Private good</strong></td><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Merit good</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Schools / university</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"></p></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Medical services</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Defence</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Fire service</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Public transport</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">National parks and beaches</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Public housing</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√ or </span></p></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Street lighting</td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">√</span></p></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td><td><section class="tib-hiddenbox"></section></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="pinkBg"><h4><strong>Activity 8: Public funded health care programmes<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"></span></strong></h4><p>In USA most University and health services are paid for by the consumer at the point of sale. By contrast in most European countries those services are paid for out of general taxation. Discuss the merits of both American and European systems of providing those services after watching the following video:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HvkVqgK--Tw" width="640"></iframe></p></div><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><strong><img alt="" height="165" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics-2/blog-detail---nhs-general-1.jpg" style="float: right;" title="http://www.iedesign.co.uk/" width="365" />Hint: </strong></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">The video highlights the following strengths of the UK universal health care system. Firstly, the cost which is around 10% of total income earned. This is considerably cheaper than private medical care systems in the USA which spends twice this figure. </span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">By contrast, the video also highlighted disadvantages of the UK model. Like any service offered free at the point of delivery health care in the UK is over subscribed and waiting lists for treatment are common. The patient in the video waited one month for surgery while waiting lists for non essential treatments can be much longer. The comfortable private rooms, which are common place in expensive American private hospitals, are also much rarer in government sector hospitals.</span></p></section><div class="pinkBg"><h4><strong>Activity 9: Over crowded public services</strong></h4><p>Watch the following short video and then explain using a supply and demand curve why the provision of free public services is likely to lead to excess demand.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3LW4WBZPyos" width="640"></iframe></p></div><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics/free-merit-goods.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 320px; float: right;" />With the budgets for public services such as health and education fixed by governments, the supply of services is more or less fixed. By contrast demand for those services follows the normal inverse rule of price and quantity demanded, leading to over crowding for many of the government's subsidised services.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">The diagram illustrates the market for hospital beds in the UK. The number of available beds is fixed at Q, with D representing the demand for the service.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">In a market system, such as the USA's health care service, supply would equal demand at Q, with patients paying Pm. </span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Under the NHS, with price = 0, demand for healthcare services would exceed supply by Q-Qd.</span></p><hr class="hidden" /></section><div class="pinkBg"><h4><strong>Activity 10: Links to TOK</strong></h4><p>(a) Given that all public goods are merit goods and that medical services are merit goods then surely all medical services are also public goods? Is this statement true and if not, why not?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Medical services are not public goods because they are neither non excludable or non rivalrous. They do, however, provide a positive external benefit when they are consumed.</span></p></section><p>(b) How can we calculate the external costs of producing and running items such as light bulbs or motor vehicles?</p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">Calculating the total MSC and MSB is very difficult, making it very difficult for governments to correctly assign an appropriate level of subsidy, or even decide which products should be subsidized. For instance Hybrid cars, which many governments choose to subsidise because they consume less energy to run, actually consume more energy to produce. This is also the case for<span style="color:#FF0000;"> low energy light bulbs. Some brands also contain materials that are harmful to the environment such as mercury.</span></span></p></section></div><div class="pinkBg"><h4>Activity 11: Link to the assessment</h4><p>A typical paper one question may ask candidates to consider the benefits enjoyed by the consumption of merit goods and evaluate / discuss policies that a government could employ to increase the consumption of merit goods, e.g.</p><p>1. (a) Describe the internal and external benefits of receiving a university education. <em>[10 marks]</em></p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><div><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>Command term: Describe</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em>Responses should include the following:</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A definition of merit goods as a good or service which consumers will often undervalue but which provide positive <img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics/university-students.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 300px; float: left;" />externalities. </span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A description of positive externalities as the benefits enjoyed by a third-party when a consumer makes a purchasing decision, in this case a university education.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A supply and demand diagram showing the private and external benefits of a university education, including the external benefits from increased university participation rates. A simple diagram showing the MSB and the MPB of a university education would be suitable.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A recognition that the private benefits of a university education include improved employment prospects and therefore increased financial prospects, the development of improved skills making the graduate more employable e.t.c.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A recognition that as a merit good attending university also provides external benefits to society. These might include the benefits from improvements in the quality of the workforce, lower unemployment, higher rates of productivity and therefore higher wage levels.</span></p></div></section><p>(b) Using real world examples, evaluate the policies a government might use to increase the number of young people receiving a university education. <em>[15 marks]</em></p><section class="tib-hiddenbox"><div><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>Command term: Evaluate</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em>Key terms to define: merit goods. Candidates that have successfully defined merit goods in the first part of the question do not need to repeat this definition in part (b) of the question. But responses should refer to their definition in part A in order to gain credit.</em></span></p><p>Real life examples might include a comparison of university funding systems in Europe, where Higher education is subsidised and the USA where private universities operate without government funding.</p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A recognition that as a merit good university education tends to be under demanded in a free market situation, with potential students considering only their private benefits when deciding whether to apply for university or not? </span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><img alt="" src="/media/ib/economics/images/micro-economics/university.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 320px; float: left;" />This can be illustrated by a supply and demand diagram showing the number of students going to university represented by the output level where MPB=MPC and a recognition that this is likely to be below the socially optimum number of students.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A supply and demand diagram (to the left) showing the impact of a government subsidy on the number of young people attending university. This is represented on the graph by a rise in numbers from Q1 to the socially optimum level of Q2. An illustration on the diagram of the distinction between the marginal social benefits of attending university as well as the private benefits.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">An explanation of some of the other policies designed to increase the number of students attending university. Examples of suitable policies might include financial support for students, promotion of university education e.t.c. 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