CAIE A-Level Economics A2 10.3.3 Macroeconomic Government Failure Questions

Practise assessing government failure by comparing intended macroeconomic objectives with unintended output, efficiency and migration effects.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Economics 9708
Level
A2

Exam points

  • Assess macroeconomic government failure by comparing intended objectives with unintended output, efficiency or migration effects.

CAIE A-Level Economics A2 10.3.3 Macroeconomic Government Failure Questions question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

A government wishes to increase economic efficiency in the country. It raises the rate of income tax which leads to the emigration of high-earning skilled workers that the country needs.

How would this outcome be described?

government
failure

market failure

negative
externality

no

no

yes

no

yes

no

yes

yes

no

yes

no

no

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