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3 questions on Merit and Demerit Goods (AQA specification 1.8.5) from the A-Level Economics papers, 2017–2024. Every question links to the official mark scheme at the page its answer begins on.
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Evaluate the view that the consumption of unhealthy foods can best be reduced through the use of nudges and other techniques from behavioural economics.
1.2.4 Behavioural Economics and Policy · 1.8.5 Merit and Demerit Goods
Explain why, in a free market, sugary drinks may be overconsumed.
Evaluate the view that imposing a tax is the most effective government policy for reducing the market failures arising from overconsumption of unhealthy food and drink.
1.8.9 Government Intervention · 1.8.5 Merit and Demerit Goods
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