A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/33 · Oct/Nov 2019 · 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

(a)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[1]

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Topic: Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Economics, Oct/Nov 2019 Paper 3 Variant 3, question 18.

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