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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics

5Theory of the Firm

Theory of the Firm 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 8.1.5) and Form 6 (8.2.3).

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Lessons

  • Objectives of firms

    40 min

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  • Revenue and the profit-maximising output

    45 min

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  • Collusion, cartels and the Prisoner's Dilemma

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  • Market structures: features, barriers and contestability

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  • Monopolistic competition

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  • Monopoly and natural monopoly

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  • Oligopoly: interdependence and pricing behaviour

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  • Perfect competition

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  • Normal and supernormal profit and the shutdown decision

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  • Judging how well markets use resources: the five kinds of efficiency

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  • Price discrimination

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Theory of the Firm: sample question

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A shop owner's accounts show a profit of US$18,000 a year. She could earn US$14,000 a year by working for someone else. Her economic (supernormal) profit is

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