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A-LevelEconomicsThe price system and the microeconomy9708/33 · Oct/Nov 2017 · Q141 Mark

In 2015 the price of oil fell dramatically. As a result, 65000 jobs were lost in the North Sea oil industry.

  1. 14How would this be represented on a diagram for the labour market for oil workers? A a movement down the marginal revenue product curve B a shift towards the horizontal axis of the marginal cost curve C a shift towards the origin of the marginal revenue product curve D a shift towards the vertical axis of the average cost curve[1]

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  1. [1] C

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The price system and the microeconomy, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, Oct/Nov 2017 Paper 3 Variant 3, question 14.

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