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IB DP ECONOMICS
Past Year Papers
(Standard Level)
M13/3/ECONO/SP1/ENG/TZ2/XX
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ECONOMICS
STANDARD LEVEL
PAPER 1
Thursday 2 May 2013 (afternoon)
1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
You are not permitted access to any calculator for this paper.
Section A: answer one question.
Section B: answer one question.
Use fully labelled diagrams and references to examples where appropriate.
The maximum mark for this examination paper is [50 marks].
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SECTION A
Answer one question from this section.
Microeconomics
1.
(a)
Explain why a government might impose a price ceiling on the market for
[10 marks]
(b)
[15 marks]
2.
(a)
[10 marks]
(b)
[15 marks]
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SECTION B
Answer one question from this section.
Macroeconomics
3.
(a)
[10 marks]
(b)
[15 marks]
4.
(a)
[10 marks]
(b)
this statement?
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22135113
ECONOMICS
STANDARD LEVEL
PAPER 2
Friday 3 May 2013 (morning)
1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
You are not permitted access to any calculator for this paper.
Section A: answer one question.
Section B: answer one question.
Use fully labelled diagrams and references to the text/data where appropriate.
The maximum mark for this examination paper is [40 marks].
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© International Baccalaureate Organization 2013
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SECTION A
Answer one question from this section.
1.
Study the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Boom or bust
appreciation
interest rate
[
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(Question 1 continued)
appreciation
(paragraph
)
[2 marks]
interest rate
(paragraph
)
[2 marks]
(paragraph
)
[4 marks]
(paragraph
)
[4 marks]
[8 marks]
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2.
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Study the extract and data below and answer the questions that follow.
Price of Chinese exports set to soar
(This question continues on the following page)
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(Question 2 continued)
China’s trade with the world
2006
2007
2008
2010
(estimated)
2009
–
–
(paragraph
three
)
[2 marks]
[2 marks]
[4 marks]
[4 marks]
[8 marks]
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SECTION B
Answer one question from this section.
3.
Study the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Urban farms to feed Cuban cities
allocation of resources
infrastructure
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(Question 3 continued)
allocation of resources
(paragraph
)
[2 marks]
infrastructure
(paragraph
(paragraph
)
)
[2 marks]
[4 marks]
[4 marks]
[8 marks]
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4.
Study the extract and data below and answer the questions that follow.
Cambodia encouraged to review international partnerships
investment
Human Development Report 2010 Statistics for Cambodia
Life
expectancy
at birth
Expected
years of
schooling
Mean years
of schooling
GNI per capita
(Constant 2005
PPP US$)
—
—
—
HDI value
—
—
—
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(Question 4 continued)
investment
two
(paragraph
(paragraph
)
)
[2 marks]
[2 marks]
[4 marks]
(see Table)
[4 marks]
[8 marks]
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