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A-LevelEconomicsBasic economic ideas and resource allocation9708/12 · May/June 2012 · Q21 Mark

In the diagram, JK is an economy's production possibility curve. [Figure 2.1] What could cause the curve to shift to GH?

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Adecrease in innovation
Ban increase in the retirement age
Can increase in the price of energy
Dan increase in the unemployment rate

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C: an increase in the price of energy

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Basic economic ideas and resource allocation, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, May/June 2012 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 2.

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