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AQA Economics A-Level: Macro Exemplar Essay Questions

Subject: Economics

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24 April 2023

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AQA Economics A-level: specification 7135, 7136 I sat my Economics exam in summer 2018 and achieved A star (A ) grades across all three papers. Here is a collection of some A* grade exemplar essays.

Complete written essays included: • Discuss the possible contribution of supply-side reforms to achieving an improvement in the UK balance of trade in goods (25 marks)

• Assess the importance of a floating exchange rate to a country trying to achieve macroeconomic stability [25 marks]

• Explain how interdependence and uncertainty affect the behaviour of firms in oligopolistic markets? (15 marks)

• ‘Increased protectionism could be damaging as the UK is placing much of its hopes for export success on the growing Chinese market’. Evaluate the view that the use of protectionism is inevitably damaging to economies (25 marks)

• Explain three characteristics of recession (15 marks)

• Discuss the view that monetary policy has been the most important factor behind the recovery of the UK economy in recent years (25 marks)

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Last updated 17 May 2021

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Here are some suggestions for topical examples that student taking AQA A-Level Economics exams might add to their notes and/or research further.

For now, the examples don't include those relating COVID-19 - we'll update this resource in a few months when those examples are better established and reported.

Our suggested examples are categorised based on the main specification headings.

The PDF download also includes a marker analysis and economy analysis template + has space to enable students to add their own examples.

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• 25 markers are so important . They are 62.5% of the marks in papers 1 and 2 for AQA. They appear in each Edexcel Economics A paper and are half the marks in paper 3.
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• I recommend using these model answers to see what a top level answer looks. Do not copy and paste answers (this is not helpful for exam practice).
• But instead, apply the frameworks to your own work. Learn how to evaluate, analyse, use real world examples and structure your essays.
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