AQA Economics 25 Mark Questions – All Model Answers

Below, you can find my model answers to 25 marker AQA Economics style questions.

Microeconomics

Evaluate the view that businesses should always aim to maximise profits. [25 marks]

Evaluate possible methods for the government to intervene in markets with negative externalities, such as markets for petrol and diesel cars. [25 marks]

Evaluate whether price discrimination is beneficial. [25 marks]

Evaluate the effectiveness of a tax on sugary drinks. [25 marks]

Macroeconomics

Evaluate the extent to which there are trade-offs between macroeconomic objectives. [25 marks]

Evaluate the view that a depreciation of the currency is likely to lead to an improvement in macroeconomic performance. [25 marks]

Evaluate the effects on the UK economy of increasing corporation tax rates on firms making high profits. [25 marks]

Frequently asked questions

How many paragraphs should an AQA Economics 25 mark response have?

Some schools advise different essay structures, so there is no single correct structure.

Here is one essay structure you could use. Each bullet point refers to a separate paragraph.

• Brief introduction.
• Analysis point 1.
• Evaluation point 1.
• Analysis point 2.
• Evaluation point 2.
• Conclusion.

If your analysis points are not long enough, you can add a third set of analysis and evaluation points.

Indeed, some schools teach this essay structure of three analysis and three evaluation points as their main structure.

How do you evaluate for AQA Economics 25 markers?

Evaluation involves weighing up a previous analysis point.

This means deciding whether your previous analysis point was strong or weak. It is usually a weakness with your previous analysis point.

Examples include:

• After discussing how a sugary drinks tax in reducing demand for sugary drinks.
  • Evaluate with price-inelastic demand of some sugary drinks.
• After discussing the benefits of a monopoly reinvesting its profit (dynamic efficiency):
  • Evaluate with the monopoly may give profits to shareholders in dividends instead.
• After discussing the benefits of government spending on education:
  • Evaluate with the time lag between the spending and the benefits for workers and the economy.

You can find examples of evaluation paragraphs here.

How should you improve your 25 markers for AQA Economics?

The AQA Economics 25 markers are assessed on four key areas:

• Organisation and knowledge.
• Application.
• Analysis.
• Evaluation.

Usually, if your 25 markers are not scoring highly, there is an issue with at least one or two of these areas.

The errors to improve depends on the individual student.

From my experience, the three most common areas of mistakes are:

• Evaluation: not knowing how to evaluate or poorly executed evaluation.
• Analysis: not using diagrams correctly or gaps / misunderstandings in chains of reasoning.
• Application: not using the extract for Section A or not adding your own real world examples for Section B.

Occasionally I will also see issues with the essay structure or incorrect understanding of key terms too.

See if you can identify these issues in your own essays and work on the fixes.

Compare your answers to the model answers above and see if you can spot the differences.

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