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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics

4Supply Theory

Supply Theory in ZIMSEC A-Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Form 5 (competency matrix 8.1.4) and Form 6 (8.2.2: growth of firms and small and medium enterprises).

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Lessons

  • Supply: the supply curve, its determinants and shifts

    40 min

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  • Consumer surplus and producer surplus

    45 min

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  • Market equilibrium and the effects of shifts in demand and supply

    50 min

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  • Price elasticity of supply

    40 min

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  • Long-run costs and economies of scale

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  • Short-run costs: total, average and marginal

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  • Short-run production and diminishing returns

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  • How firms grow: organic growth, mergers and takeovers

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  • Multinational companies and foreign direct investment

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  • Small and medium enterprises: survival, problems and support

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Sample question

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Supply Theory: sample question

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At its third scale a fictional furniture workshop has a total cost of US$12,000 a month and produces 420 units. Calculate the long-run average cost per unit, to the nearest cent.

Complete: US$ …

Only if the answer has a unit, e.g. cm or km/h.

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