Cambridge International AS and A Level Economics by Peter Smith

Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for full syllabus coverage.

Provide your students with an accessible and international perspective on economics.

This title covers the entire syllabus for Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics (9708). It is divided into separate sections for AS and A Level making it ideal for students studying both the AS and the A Level and also those taking the AS examinations at the end of their first year.

- Provides practice throughout the course with carefully selected past paper questions focussing on data response and essay questions
- Free Revision and practice CD includes interactive tests, selected answers, additional activities, and a list of key terms
- Answers to the questions in the Student's Book can be found on the Teacher's CD Rom.

: Introduction
: AS Level
- 1: Basic economic ideas and resource allocation
- - 1: Introducing economics
- 2: The price system and the microeconomy
- - 2: The nature of demand
  - 3: The nature of supply
  - 4: Market equilibrium and the price system
  - 5: Prices and resource allocation
- 3: Government microeconomic intervention
- - 6: The government in the microeconomy
- 4: The macroeconomy
- - 7: Aggregate demand, aggregate supply and macroeconomic equilibrium
  - 8: Macroeconomic performance and inflation
  - 9: The balance of payments and the exchange rate
  - 10: Trade and specialisation
- 5: Government macroeconomic intervention
- - 11: Macroeconomic policies
: A Level
- : Part 1: Basic economic ideas
- - : Chapter 14 Economic efficiency
  - - : 14.1 Resource allocation and efficiency
    - : 14.2 The working of a market economy
- : Part 2: The price system and the theory of the firm
- - : Chapter 15 Marginal utility
  - - : 15.1 Marginal utility theory
    - : 15.2 Marginal utility and demand
  - : Chapter 16 Firms and how they operate
  - - : 16.1 The nature of firms
    - : 16.2 The growth of firms
    - : 16.3 Costs and revenue for firms
    - : 16.4 Motivations of firms
  - : Chapter 17 Perfect competition and monopoly
  - - : 17.1 Market structure
    - : 17.2 Perfect competition
    - : 17.3 Monopoly
  - : Chapter 18 Monopolistic competition and oligopoly
  - - : 18.1 Monopolistic competition
    - : 18.2 Price discrimination
    - : 18.3 Oligopoly
    - : 18.4 Pricing strategies and contestable markets
  - : Chapter 19 Markets and resource allocation
  - - : 19.1 Perfect competition and monopoly compared
    - : 19.2 Market concentration
  - : Chapter 20 The labour market
  - - : 20.1 Demand for labour
    - : 20.2 Elasticity of the demand for labour
    - : 20.3 Labour supply
    - : 20.4 Labour market equilibrium
    - : 20.5 Labour markets
    - : 20.6 Education and the labour market
    - : 20.7 Market failure in labour markets
    - : 20.8 Trade unions
- : Part 3: Government intervention in the price system
- - : Chapter 21 Market imperfections and microeconomic policy
  - - : 21.1 Market failure
    - : 21.2 Dealing with imperfect competition
    - : 21.3 Natural monopoly and privatisation
    - : 21.4 Inequality in income and wealth
- : Part 4: International trade
- - : There is no supplement for international trade
- : Part 5: Theory and measurement in the macroeconomy
- - : Chapter 22 National income and money supply
  - - : 22.1 Measuring national income
    - : 22.2 Money supply
    - : 22.3 The government budget
  - : Chapter 23 Modelling the economy
  - - : 23.1 Monetarist and Keynesian approaches to the macroeconomy
    - : 23.2 A Keynesian approach to macroeconomic equilibrium
    - : 23.3 The multiplier and accelerator effects
  - : Chapter 24 Money and the economy
  - - : 24.1 Money in the modern economy
    - : 24.2 Money and inflation
- : Part 6: Macroeconomic problems
- - : Chapter 25 Economic growth
  - - : 25.1 The nature of economic growth
    - : 25.2 GNI and growth
    - : 25.3 The importance of economic growth
  - : Chapter 26 Development and the less developed countries
  - - : 26.1 Defining development
    - : 26.2 Which are the less developed countries?
    - : 26.3 Indicators of development
    - : 26.4 Characteristics of less developed countries
    - : 26.5 The structure of economic activity in LDCs
    - : 26.6 The diversity of less developed countries
  - : Chapter 27 Macroeconomic performance
  - - : 27.1 Unemployment
    - : 27.2 Interrelated macroeconomic problems
- : Part 7: Macroeconomic policies
- - : Chapter 28 Designing macroeconomic policy
  - - : 28.1 Objectives of macroeconomic policy
    - : 28.2 Fiscal policy
    - : 28.3 Fiscal policy and the AD/AS model
    - : 28.4 Monetary policy
    - : 28.5 Exchange rate policy
    - : 28.6 Supply-side policy
    - : 28.7 Conflicts between policy objectives
  - : Chapter 29 Policies to promote development
  - - : 29.1 Problems facing less developed countries
    - : 29.2 The Harrod-Domar model
    - : 29.3 Institutions and development
    - : 29.4 The role of external resources in development
    - : 29.5 Overseas assistance
- : Glossary
- : Index

Cambridge International AS and A Level Economics Peter Smith

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