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O/A Level Economics

O/A Level Economics Outline

Basic Economic Problem

  • Scarcity and Choice
  • Opportunity Cost
  • Factors of Production (Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurship)
  • Economic Systems (Market, Command, Mixed)

Demand & Supply

  • Law of Demand & Law of Supply
  • Determinants of Demand & Supply
  • Market Equilibrium (Price and Quantity)
  • Shifts in Demand and Supply Curves
  • Price Elasticity of Demand (PED) & Price Elasticity of Supply (PES)

Production & Costs

  • Factors of Production & Productivity
  • Short-Run and Long-Run Production
  • Economies of Scale
  • Costs of Production (Fixed, Variable, Total, Marginal, Average Costs)

Market Structures

  • Perfect Competition
  • Monopoly
  • Oligopoly
  • Monopolistic Competition
  • Price Determination & Market Failure

Government Intervention

  • Government Objectives (Full Employment, Price Stability, Economic Growth)
  • Taxes, Subsidies, Price Controls (Price Floors & Ceilings)
  • Public Goods & Externalities
  • Government Spending & National Budget

Microeconomics

Market Demand & Supply Analysis

  • Elasticities (Price, Income, Cross)
  • Consumer & Producer Surplus
  • Market Equilibrium, Disequilibrium & Shifts
  • Efficiency in Markets

The Theory of the Firm

  • Short-Run vs. Long-Run Production
  • Cost Structures & Profit Maximization
  • Perfect Competition & Imperfect Competition
  • Monopoly & Oligopoly Market Structures
  • Game Theory & Collusion

Market Failure

  • Externalities (Positive & Negative)
  • Public Goods, Common Resources & Merit Goods
  • Asymmetric Information
  • Government Intervention (Taxes, Subsidies, Regulation)

Development Economics

  • Economic Growth vs. Economic Development
  • Measuring Development (HDI, Gini Coefficient, etc.)
  • Poverty, Inequality & Sustainable Development
  • Role of International Organizations (IMF, World Bank, UN)
  • Strategies for Development (Aid, Trade, Microfinance, Education)
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