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Every AQA A-Level Economics exam question on 4.1.8.5 Merit and demerit goods, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 9 questions on Merit and demerit goods, as a list
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q06 (1 mark): One reason why merit goods, such as education and health care, can lead to market failure is that [1 mark] A individuals are unwilling to pay for merit goods. B
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 18–19) states: ‘Should the government prioritise reducing the waiting list of people who need urgent eye treatment or are there more important
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q16 (1 mark): Healthcare in the UK is provided by the public sector and by private firms. Public sector provision ensures that healthcare is free at the point of consumption
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q17 (1 mark): Figure 4 shows the free market demand (D1) and supply (S) curves for a merit good. D2 is the demand curve if all the benefits from consuming the good are taken
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q10 (25 marks): Assess the view that high-speed Internet connection is a necessity for modern life and should be provided by the government, free of charge, to all households.
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q26 (25 marks): Extract C (line 9) states: ‘When people pay according to quantity used, they are less likely to be wasteful’. Use the extracts and your knowledge of economics t
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 20–21) states: ‘Cheap alcohol is wrecking lives and livelihoods in England as well as Scotland’. Use the extracts and your knowledge of economi
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q12 (1 mark): Figure 3 shows the market demand (D1) and supply (S) of loft insulation material. If consumers have full information about the benefits of insulating their loft
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 17–19) states: ‘Should the UK government promote a particular brand of e-cigarettes as a ‘healthy alternative’ to conventional cigarettes? Shou
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