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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/32 · Feb/Mar 2019 · Q151 Mark

Which statement about government intervention is correct?

  1. A Government failure may result from policies that have unintended side effects. B Governments cannot identify the existence of inefficiency. C Inefficient government policies mean that the market system will be better at resource allocation. D Market failure means that government action will necessarily improve the situation.[1]

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  1. [1] A

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Topic
Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, Feb/Mar 2019 Paper 3 Variant 2, question 15.

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