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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONO
ECONOMICS
UNITI-Paper02
2 hours 30 minutes
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
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ThispaperconsistsofTHREEquestions,onefromeachmodule.
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You may use a silent, non-programmable calculator to answer questions.
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original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this booktet.
Remember to draw a line through your original answer.
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provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include the question
part beside the answer.
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MODULE 1: METHODOLOGY- DEMAND AND SUPPLY
1.
(a)
Define EACH of the following terms:
(i)
Price elasticity of supply
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Income elasticity of demand
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Explain, with the aid of a PPF diagram, the concept'opportunity cost'.
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Table I shows the quantity of lollipops demanded and supplied at various prices.
TABLE I: QUANTITY OF LOLLPOPS DEMANDEI)
AI\D SUPPLIED AT VARIOUS PRICES
Price
Quantity Demanded
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Use the information in Table I to calculate the price elasticity of supply when the
price changes from $9 to $10. Interpret your results.
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A large domestic retailer's strategic plan over a four-year period is to increase its operations
in the region. In order to meet the region's demand, the firm will have to increase its
supply by expanding its physical capacity. The CEO claims that since the demand is high,
expanding will allow the firm to benefit from economies of scale. Evaluate the CEO's
claim.
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Outline ONE barrier to entry,
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(ii)
Table 2 shows five firms and their corresponding sales figures.
TABLE 2: FIRMS AND THE AMOUNTS OF THEIR SALES
Firm
A
$200 000
B
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C
$400 000
D
$300 000
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$r00 000
Sales
Using the information in Table2,calculate the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHl).
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perfectly competitive firm and a monopolistically competitive firm in the long run.
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Health care in many Caribbean territories is free or provided at a low cost to citizens, and
has been paid for by the governments from tax receipts. Governments'yearly expenditure
on health care is a large sum and they have often been critised for such large expenditure.
Discuss TWO reasons why the market for health care may
fail if it was not subsidised by
the government.
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3.
(a)
Define EACH of the following terms:
(i)
Marginal revenue product of labour
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(ii)
Income inequality
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Prove that the labour market profit maximizing condition is MRP, = MC,
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Draw a diagram illustrating how the wage rate is determined in a perfectly competitive
market.
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The IDB reports that " males'earnings surpass those of females by between l4 and 27 per
cent of average females' wages in Barbados, and between 8 and 17 per cent of average
females' wages in Jamaica".
Discuss THREE factors that could account for this disparity in wages.
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