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O-LevelEconomicsThe basic economic problem2281/11 · May/June 2014 · Q31 Mark

What is most likely to reduce the supply of factors of production in an economy?

Aincreasing the age of retirement
Bintroducing new methods of irrigation
Clowering the cost of borrowing from banks
Draising the rate of tax on profits

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D: raising the rate of tax on profits

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The basic economic problem, O-Level Economics (syllabus 2281). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Economics, May/June 2014 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 3.

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