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Does anyone have the OLD VCAA Study Design for Economics (2002-2009)?
I'm looking for the old VCAA study design for economics, because I want to compare it to the new one. I can't find it on the VCAA website. If anyone has it downloaded, can you plea …
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Negative externality in consumption
I was wondering for a negative externality in consumption, since the consumption of the good produces an external cost to third parties, do we say MSB = MB - Marginal external bene …
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What is the difference between discretionary and automatic stabilisers?
This is a major part of budgetary policy.
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What is the difference between a MOVEMENT and SHIFT in the demand/supply curve?
Hello,
This question appeared in a VCE past exam, and it is NOT explained in the textbook.
I was wondering, what does it mean when there's a shift in the demand line/curve for ex …
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Whats the difference between Planned and Actual Investment?
Hi
In Macroeconomics, what is the difference between planned and actual investment in the economy? Just a bit confused and wanted some real help.
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How does the newly revised and previous Resources Super Profits Tax affect the Australian economy?
In the media lately there has been quite a bit of discussion about the RSPT. How would of Rudd's version of the RSPT have affected the economy and how will Gillard's revision of th …
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True/False economics question
"Foreign competition hurts other countries when it is based on low wages." True or false and explain why.
I don't quite get the question, can someone show me an example of a forei …
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Monopoly in Economics
Okay I'm really confused, in my book it says "regardless of how the market (whether it is owned by a monopoly or many different firms in a competitive market) is organised, the dem …
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Median voter theorem
Hi, for the median voter theorem, I understand the basic principles behind it however does the condition of "the median voter has less than the average income" must be satisfied in …
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Supply curve of a common resource
For the supply curve (the marginal social cost MSC) of a common resource, is it derived the same way as the MSC of a public good? Ie, summing horizontally the individual supply cur …
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Gains from trade
"Discuss and illustrate graphically the effects of trade in a small open economy. What are the gains from trade?"
What does small open economy mean?
Is it imports/exports interna …
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1answer
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What is the meaning of marginal benefit?
I know this is meant to be a really simple concept, but can anyone please explain this to me?
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What is commodity price stablisation?
Hi, what does these 2 graphs mean? What is a price stablisation band? What does the 'buy' and 'sell' in the diagrams mean?
Thanks :)
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Price ceilings and ration coupons
I get how black markets and queues work but what are "ration coupons"? And how you one answer the questions under the first dot point of ration coupons?
Thanks :)
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Elasticity of demand/supply
"The Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed half the cubic contents of the city's buildings. The value of the surviving buildings after the fire probably exceeded the value of all the buil …
