OFFICIAL OCR ECONOMICS F582 21st MAY 2014 THREAD**

Hi Guys

I noticed that nobody had made an official thread for this exam so I thought I'd go ahead and make one! Anybody have any ideas on the questions that might come up? Under a month to go now!!! :s-smilie:

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Reply 1

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Reply 2

May-o2q

How's everyone revision going? :smile:

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Reply 3

tomixox

Feel like I just need to get around the policies topic especially protectionism. The thing I love above f582 is tht once you know one thing, it is very easy to expand upon that this remembering things you thought you did not know

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Reply 4

JVD

Did anyone get a heads up from teachers as to what might be the essay question at the end?

I feel slightly disadvantaged with my AS exams, as my first 3 were all on Monday, then I have one next Monday (Business), Tuesday (Psychology), Wednesday (Economics) and Friday (Philosophy)! Talk about cramming lol! Then I have one more after the half term :smile:

Reply 5

clara16

Original post by 0mgJohn

I have the the same problem! Maths c1 (Monday) Economics & Biology (Wednesday) Maths c2 (Thursday) and chemistry (Friday) then three after half term!

Reply 6

sergue

For the unit 1 paper, how many marks would you lose if you just talked about taxation???

Reply 7

brenkongroup

any guesses for the 18 marker?

Reply 8

tomixox

Original post by clara16

I have the the same problem! Maths c1 (Monday) Economics & Biology (Wednesday) Maths c2 (Thursday) and chemistry (Friday) then three after half term!

This is literally exactly me but I have four after half term! I pressume you are only asking statistics as opposed to statistics and mechanics??

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Reply 9

Hody421

Original post by brenkongroup

any guesses for the 18 marker?

Be sure to read International Trade for e.g protectionist policies/arguments for and against.

Trade will probably be the only 'surprise' 18 marker, the rest should be implicitly/explicitly be able to be answered.

Reply 10

studentwiz

Original post by Hody421

What are the common types
Inflation
Unemployment/output
Economic growth
Trade

what else?

Reply 11

clara16

Original post by tomixox

This is literally exactly me but I have four after half term! I pressume you are only asking statistics as opposed to statistics and mechanics??

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Yeah im just doing AS maths instead of any of the A2 units aswell

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Reply 12

mbaskett95

Whats everyone's exam structure for the 18 markers on unit 2 then? I've been taught:

Discuss the effectiveness of lowering interest rates in order to stimulate economic growth
L1: Define the key terms in the question.

L2: Briefly explain the links, Talk about about the different types of economic growth.

L3: Analyse anything that needs to be analysed with appropriate diagrams. I would analyse the effects of lowering interest rates on economic growth using appropriate diagrams, Short run growth, long run growth.

L4 I would talk about factors effecting the effectiveness of the policy, for example, consumer confidence, how much the interest rates are lowered by, how much spare capacity is available. I would also talk about the trade off between other macroeconomic objectives. Make a final judgement

Can any economic whiz kids or teachers out there give me any advice on how to improve my 18 mark structure :colone:

Reply 13

tomixox

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQbBh9Jn2IjcSPZOiNKJu0g

this is a very useful revision resource

Reply 14

MichelleQarib

How would you structure the 18 marker for International Trade?

Reply 15

Economics736

1. Short intro involving definitions and brief overview
2. First AO3
3. First AO4
4. Second AO3
5. Second AO4
6. Third AO3
7. Third AO4
8. Judgement and conclusion
(You should have at least two relevant graphs throughout the essay although I would advise more)

Reply 16

clara16

Is the 18m almost definitely going to be on one of the policies (fiscal,monetary,supply side) & how effective it is at doing __blah__ ?

If not what other types can come up?

I feel like with F581 it was 99.9% certain to be market failure but i just dont have a clue with F582

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Reply 17

brenkongroup

any good revision resources for international trade anyone?

Reply 18

ZQ110

Original post by clara16

People are saying it might be on International trade but I don't see how we can evaluate that..
F582 has so much content, it's impossible to predict the 18 marker :s

F582 18 Markers.docx

Reply 19

clara16