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A-LevelEconomicsBehavioural EconomicsOct/Nov 2019Paper 3 Q181 Mark

A city has a problem with litter on its streets. The city council is considering several measures to reduce the litter. Which measure to reduce litter would involve the use of 'nudge' theory? A banning the dropping of litter with heavy fines for people who ignore the ban B installing signs directing people to new litter bins and thanking them for using the bins C raising local tax and using the money to employ more people to pick up litter D removing all litter bins so that people have to take their litter home

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About This A-Level Economics Question

Topic

This structured question tests Behavioural Economics in A-Level Economics (syllabus code 9708). It is worth 1 mark.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics Oct/Nov 2019 examination, Paper 3 Variant 3.

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