Monday 12 December 2011

toy market data response

Christmas Prep Data response: The Toy market

01 definition (5 marks)Give as clear and conside a definition as posible include an example where appropriate

02 data question (8 marks)
make two observations about the data support with data reference and units clearly stated - think highs and lows (range) start points and finish points or trends within the data

03 diagram (12 marks)
start with a definition of demand supply and the toy market (2 marks), then use the extract to identify a demand and/or supply side factor that has impacted upon the market (2 marks), draw a diagram to highlight the change in market equilbrium (4 marks), then explain how the price mexhanism brings about the movement from one equilibrium to another (4 marks), finally write a brief pargraph about longer term developments or complications (4 marks)

04 discussion (25 marks)
Start by explaning how the market finds an efficient equilbrium, refer to the chart and extract explicitly to create context.
Highlight particular characterisitics specific to the toy market which may mean that this equilibrium is in fact is a position of over production of consumption using extract reference to support your points




Suggest two alternative policy interventions to correct the problem, illustrate how they work by drawing a diagram




Write a concluding paragraph that suggests a combination of policies, posssible problems in the longer term that may be caused through intervention




Support Material:



bbc click video games and violence (06/12/2011)

bbc panorama addicted to games (bbc 12/2010)



games industry


bbc report 10 mins


t2u blog entry


Monday 5 December 2011

Saturday 3 December 2011

tax and subsidy

indirect taxation (paj holden)

subsidy (paj holden)



tax and subsidy activity (bized 2003)

income tax propaganda cartoon (disney 1943)

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Thursday 29 September 2011

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Monday 25 April 2011

RES Essay Competition + Adam Smith Institute

t2u guidence

The 2011 Royal Economic Society Essay Competition for students is launched today. The RES judging panel has settled on five essay titles covering a range of macro and micro economic issues. They are listed below. The first prize will once again be £1,000 together with an engraved trophy. The deadline for submitting essays will be Monday16th of May at 2400 hours. All essays must be submitted online using the official entry form.

For 2010 nearly two hundred schools and colleges from across the UK and beyond submitted entries from their students and there were 600 essays entered. We are hoping that the 2011 competition will prove equally popular. The maximum word count for entries is 2,000 words (excluding references including bibliography and footnote). Please note that entries to the competition should be unique (i.e. not published elsewhere or submitted to other essay competitions.

Here are the selected essay titles…


1/ Is the rise of China good for America and Europe?

2/ Has recent government policy towards banks reduced the chance of another big financial crisis - or increased it?

3/ Would a ‘fat tax’ be an effective policy to counter obesity?

4/ “An NHS free at point of access is unsustainable in the 21st century and an alternative funding model is needed.” Discuss

5/ Should governments go for growth or for happiness?

Students wishing to enter in 2011 may wish to take a look at the winning entry in 2010

Please note that entries to the competition should be unique (i.e. not published elsewhere or submitted to other essay competitions.)

Adam Smith Institute Competition Young Writer on Liberty

Monday 7 March 2011

the housing market

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t2u blog entries

uk housing market 2010 (t2u)

house prices in 2011 (bbc dec 2010)

sudden slump in mortgage lending (bbc march 2011)

the economist house price indicators (march 2011)

global prices interactive

housing flashcharts (t2u 2003)



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Tuesday 1 February 2011

demerit goods - alcohol

ready steady drink (bbc3)

bbc resources on binge drinking

1) ban prohibition
resticting consumption (res)

2)licensing laws + changing attitudes

24 hour drinking one year on (bbc 11/06)

impact of changes (bbc 11/06)

law change not changing habits (bbc 11/06)

alcohol attitudes in europe (bbc 11/07)

3) marketing and advertising

booze marketing ban (bbc 09/09)

the power of marketing (bbc 09/09)

4) minimum prices

alcohol minimum price (bbc 03/09) at a glance

eu ruling on minimum prices (smoking) ft 05/03/10

5) taxes

finlands u turn on alcohol tax (bbc 02/09)

alcohol tax rise (bbc 10/07)

impact of tax rises (guardian 03/08)

prices do not cut drinking (bbc jan 06)

6) legisaltion on age

call to raise drinking age to 21 (bbc 03/07)

7) state run monopoly

3 countries compared (bbc 11/05)

is state advertising effective (c4 june 2010)


minimum prices introduced

Monday 24 January 2011

transport economics

transport economics notes t2u

negative externalities
command and control
regulation on co2 emissions (US)
trading permits
aviation in EU ETS

congestion and road pricing
toll roads (M6)
london congestion charge
price of public transport
higher rail fares 2010
higher rail fares 2008

Uk high speed rail link

transport strategy
http://www.dft.gov.uk/ "Working to deliver a transport system which balances the needs of the economy, the environment and society."

innovation in the car market
car future

Tuesday 11 January 2011

Thursday 6 January 2011

Introduction to Externalities

What are externalities?
back to basics: IMF externality introduction



negative externalities P J Holden
positive externalities PJ Holden

positive + negative Bryn Jones

tu2 blog posts related to externalities

positive or negative?

crossrail
passive smoking (bbc)
albatross plastic (bbc)


focus of negative externalities:
slideshow climate and macro

carbon timeline (ft)

climate change special report (ft)

environmental performance graphic (the times )
new scientist environment page
IMF blog climate change
green growth + development
economics of climate change

tragedy of the commons and sustainable development

examples
external costs of air travel (bbc)
rubbish and waste (bbc)
industrial water pollution (bbc)
china and economic growth (bbc)
farms pollute in China (bbc)
binge drinking (bbc)

Tax based Solutions
green taxes 2008 (bbc)
Green Fiscal Commission (C4 News)
GFC Website

Command and Control
EPA US (BBC)
clean air act 1970 US impact
eu emissions targets (FT)
Kyoto (bbc)

carbon trading
introduction (bbc) G8 and climate change (bbc)
carbon trading revision note
carbon trading presentation (t2u) + pdf
house of commons investigation into carbon trading




The Facts of Cap-and-Trade from Clean Energy Works on Vimeo.


What is Cap and Trade? from ERA Environmental on Vimeo.






inclusion of air industry (bbc)
eu trading scheme phase 2 (bbc)
trading debate (ABC)
t2u links

tax v trade presentation (t2u) pdf


reduce reuse recycle?
bloom and behaviour change


The Stern Report 2007
the stern review on the economics of climate change was hailed as a wake up call for the impact our present approach has on the environment and criticised many traditional methods of "internalising the externality" such as taxes. You can listen to the lecture and see the powerpoint presentation at the link below:

video of stern lecture

the full report is available from:

Stern Review on the economics of climate change

stern and climate change:

powerpoint on the dangers climate change

climate change presentation (t2u) handout (pdf)



Wednesday 5 January 2011

environment and economics

public goods and environment
tree-conomics

transport issues
denationalise roads (iea)
density of cars (us)

housing market
house price pain (telegraph)