CAIE A-Level Economics 3.2.6 Information Provision

CAIE A-Level Economics 3.2.6 Information Provision
Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics 9708 syllabus for exams in 2026, 2027 and 20282026–2028

Practise showing how information campaigns or advertising restrictions alter demand and comparing their effects with indirect taxes in unhealthy-product markets.

How this is tested

  • show better information or advertising restrictions as a leftward demand shift for harmful goods
  • compare an education campaign with an indirect tax using behaviour, PED and substitution
  • evaluate health, fiscal and distributional effects for consumers and government

Question 12

[Maximum number: 1]

A government may use a range of methods to intervene in a market to affect both demand and supply.

What is a method which will shift the demand curve for a good?

A

an indirect tax

B

a subsidy

C

direct provision

D

provision of information