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A-LevelEconomicsMarket StructuresMay/June 2020Paper 3 Q121 Mark

The table provides data on the number and value of mergers in Europe and North America between 2014 and 2017. | year | Europe | North America | |---|---|---|---| | | number | value (euro) | number | value (US dollar) | | 2014 | 17000 | 980 billion | 14000 | 2289 billion | | 2015 | 15500 | 1161 billion | 14 500 | 2533 billion | | 2016 | 18 100 | 1003 billion | 15 100 | 1858 billion | | 2017 | 18000 | 980 billion | 18 500 | 1822 billion |

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2020 examination, Paper 3 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Market Structures and is worth 1 mark.

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