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Q3(a) Multiple choice on what makes someone a free rider.
Edexcel · 4EC1
Public goods comes up in 7 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 32 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 1R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 9 marks. The commonest instructions are Analyse (3), Identify (MCQ) (1), Assess (1). Specification points covered: 1.1.6.
Q3(a) Multiple choice on what makes someone a free rider.
Q4(b) Data response: how the free rider problem explains state provision of Zambia's defence force.
Q2(h) Data response: what the public sector achieves by providing parks and open spaces.
Q3(d) Data response: why flood defences are provided by government rather than the market.
Q4(b) Data response: how the free rider problem explains state-provided street lighting.
Q2(g) Give one reason the situation described creates a free rider problem.
Q2(d) Give the meaning of a free rider.
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