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AQA A-Level Economics
Paper 2 · Section B
Question 3 (b)
Evaluate the view that a government should always intervene to correct market failure caused by negative externalities in production.
You have 30 minutes. Use diagrams where appropriate.
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Most students lose 8–12 marks here. Not because they don't know the content.
See the model answerof students run out of time on 25-mark questions
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Every mark has a reason. Every paragraph has a job. Here's how a top examiner builds a 25/25 answer.
Define negative externality: third-party costs not reflected in market price (divergence of MPC and MSC).
Draw a correctly labelled externality diagram — MPC below MSC, welfare loss triangle shaded, Qm and Qopt identified.
Apply to a real context: carbon emissions from steel production — quantify if possible (UK ETS carbon price ~£50/tonne).
Analyse government intervention tools: Pigouvian tax shifts MPC curve upward to equal MSC, restoring Qopt. Compare to regulation and tradeable permits.
Evaluate limits: government failure (information asymmetry on exact external cost), regulatory capture, and impact on international competitiveness.
Counter-evaluate: even imperfect intervention may be better than market outcome — second-best theorem. Conclude with a justified, balanced judgement.
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