CAIE A-Level Economics 9.1.2 AD components & determinants

CAIE A-Level Economics 9.1.2 AD components & determinants
Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics 9708 syllabus for exams in 2026, 2027 and 20282026–2028

Practise identifying AD components and explaining how consumption, saving, investment and policy changes affect national income.

How this is tested

  • explain the accelerator by linking changes in income growth to induced investment
  • distinguish autonomous and induced consumption or saving from data and diagrams
  • evaluate whether higher AD components risk inflation near full employment

Question 15

[Maximum number: 1]

According to the accelerator theory, what would cause investment in an economy to be lower than in the previous year?

A

a lower marginal propensity to consume than in the previous year

B

a lower marginal propensity to save than in the previous year

C

a smaller fall in national income than occurred in the previous year

D

a smaller rise in national income than occurred in the previous year