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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/32 · Feb/Mar 2017 · Q161 Mark

Extra fishing boats start to operate from a local harbour which depends on fishing for its main income. Which action by the local authority is an example of nudge theory?

  1. (a)A distributing leaflets about the need to safeguard fish stocks B increasing the licence fees for new boats C insisting that all fish caught are sold to local people D restricting the areas in which boats can fish[1]

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  1. [1] Answer: A

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Topic
Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, Feb/Mar 2017 Paper 3 Variant 2, question 16.

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