A Level Paper 3, June 2018

Q1(a) Using Figure 1, say briefly which market structure best fits the UK's branded coffee shop sector.

Q1(b) Using Figure 3 and the other data, discuss price and non-price tactics Starbucks could adopt to raise profits.

Q1(c) Examine what an indirect tax on disposable coffee cups could achieve in cutting their use.

Q1(d) Evaluate which micro and macro considerations would shape Starbucks' choice about expanding into a given country.

Q1(e) Evaluate the micro and macro consequences of UK consumers buying more coffee from branded coffee shops.

Q2(a) From Figure 4 and the rest of the material, explain how Indonesia's terms of trade have probably moved since 2011.

Q2(b) Examine how greater state spending on dams (Extract E) might alter profits for Indonesian rice farmers; cost and revenue diagram needed.

Q2(c) Discuss the gains Indonesia might make from the aid it receives.

Q2(d) Evaluate how unstable commodity prices, coal included, affect Indonesia at both micro and macro level.

Q2(e) Evaluate the probable micro and macro consequences of the supply-side reforms Indonesia has brought in recently.