AQA A Level · 7136 · Paper 2: The national and international economy
4.2.2.4 AD and the Level of Economic Activity
Also AQA AS 7135: 3.2.2.4
Everything you need for questions on the multiplier, the accelerator and AD, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.
What's on this sheet
- What the multiplier is
- The marginal propensities
- Calculating it
- What changes its size
- A classic chain
- The multiplier and accelerator together
- Classic question: is the multiplier a reason to raise government spending in a recession?
- The accelerator, and AD and economic activity
- Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
- Separate answer key
The lesson in seven steps
- Round by round
- The same injection, four economies
- The calculation trainer
- What changes the size of the multiplier?
- How much does the multiplier matter?
- Build the chain
- Exam practice
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