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A-LevelEconomicsBasic economic ideas and resource allocation9708/12 · May/June 2020 · Q111 Mark

What is a major function of the price mechanism?

Aproviding incentive for government intervention to reduce income inequality
Bremoving shortages by creating incentives for market prices to fall
Cremoving surpluses by creating incentives for market prices to rise
Dsignalling changes in market conditions to producers and consumers

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D: signalling changes in market conditions to producers and consumers

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Basic economic ideas and resource allocation, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, May/June 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 11.

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