** 2013 Economics HL Before/After **

Vito Corleone

Thought I'd start up a thread for us future economists. What are you guys preparing for the Macro?

decisions

International Trade
National Income

aimzLc2

decisions wrote: »

International Trade
National Income

snap.. might throw in a bit of money and banking too if i have time

LostBoy101

I'm preparing Taxation, National Income, bits of Money and Banking and employment.

Vito Corleone

I really want an A1 in this, especially as I think things didn't go to plan with my other exams.

I'm thinking I might try and study these if I get enough time, or should I cut it down?

Taxation
International Trade
National Income
Money and Banking
Inflation
Economic Growth and Development
Economic thought

aimzLc2

Vito Corleone wrote: »

I really want an A1 in this, especially as I think things didn't go to plan with my other exams.

I'm thinking I might try and study these if I get enough time, or should I cut it down?

Taxation
International Trade
National Income
Money and Banking
Inflation
Economic Growth and Development
Economic thought

i'm the same, hoping to do well to make up some points! :P
if you plan on doing all the micro questions , i don't think you need to do all that macro you could leave one or two out but if you think you will have time be really prepared

karlobrien_

I'm off until economics on wednesday and I got an A1 (94%) in the mocks so im just planning on spending the next few days doing exam questions on each topic. If I had a choice i'd love a demand, taxation, imperfect competition, infation or international trade question to come up, i can roll them off pretty easily

decisions

I'm covering
Supply & Demand
Elasticity
Costs
Monopoly & Imperfect Comp
And the Macro I've posted above.

My perfect paper would be Monopoly, Costs, National Income and International Trade.

Donegal1234

I am doing imperfect competition monopoly , land ,capital , international trade , taxation and national income

ray2012

I'm hoping for nice questions on imperfect competition, land, national income and either taxation/international trade. That would be my dream paper, but can't see it happening!

For the next few days I'll be focusing on factors of production/market structures/national income.

My short questions are often diabolical though How do ye prepare for them, just keep doing short questions from previous years?

BrownBear11

ray2012 wrote: »

I'm hoping for nice questions on imperfect competition, land, national income and either taxation/international trade. That would be my dream paper, but can't see it happening!

For the next few days I'll be focusing on factors of production/market structures/national income.

My short questions are often diabolical though How do ye prepare for them, just keep doing short questions from previous years?

That's all I'm doing for the SQs really, going through all previous years' shorts. They tend to be pretty repetitive

Do ye plan on answering all three micro questions on the paper? the thing is everyone answers those so I might do 2 macro, 2 micro. Although with the macro it's hard to know exactly what they're looking for with some questions

Fert94

Anybody else doing both chemistry and economics?

stevie4568

Lads (and Lassies) what would the timing be for this one? half hour per question?

yournerd

What kinda c questions? Student fees, water charges, household?

ColmBr

So annoying seeing people finding economics so easy to get an A in when I've been stuck with potentially the sh**est teacher in Ireland for the last two years

Bertser

Got an A2 in the Mocks so pushing for an A1 this time. I have a few days now so I'll probably do all of Micro apart from the factors of production, then International Trade, Money & Banking, National Income and Population. Also I'd recommend that everyone has relatively up-to-date figures for questions on things like unemployment, always handy to throw in.

yournerd

where do i get up to date info?
how can ya leave out stuff when section 1 is so unpredictable?

yournerd

(ii) Explain the relationship between these two terms.
GDP at current market prices
± Net Factor Income from abroad
= GNP at current market prices
Less indirect taxes
Plus subsidies
= GNP at Factor Cost
Less Depreciation
= Net National Product at Factor Cost
Relationship correctly explained 12 marks graded

ANYONE?? (as gaeilge preferably:)

James201213

Fert94 wrote: »

Anybody else doing both chemistry and economics?

Yeah I am

aimzLc2

stevie4568 wrote: »

Lads (and Lassies) what would the timing be for this one? half hour per question?

5 minutes reading over, 25-30 minutes for short questions , 25-30 for each long question read over

Historyguy941

What do ye think about the economists that might come up? I was thinking Marx, smith, Friedman and Keynes to study

sganyfx

Going for 100% in this

yournerd

sganyfx wrote: »

Going for 100% in this

Same. lol.

Vito Corleone

Vito Corleone wrote: »

I really want an A1 in this, especially as I think things didn't go to plan with my other exams.

I'm thinking I might try and study these if I get enough time, or should I cut it down?

Taxation
International Trade
National Income
Money and Banking
Inflation
Economic Growth and Development
Economic thought

I think the above might be too much, do you think I'd be covered with just these for the Macro?

Taxation
International Trade
National Income
Economic thought

N64

ColmBr wrote: »

So annoying seeing people finding economics so easy to get an A in when I've been stuck with potentially the sh**est teacher in Ireland for the last two years

Your not in the same class as me, are you? :pac: I've heard that economics is meant to be an easy subject, but the teacher we have overcomplicates everything and makes even simple stuff confusing.

ray2012

I started economics last September/October and I'm doing it by myself without a teacher. I just started the exam papers like 2 weeks ago.. O__O I got a C2 in the mocks though, so if I could get a C1 I'd be really happy. Would love a B though

Fresco_007

Hello, I'm just wondering has anybody compiled the statistics which we need to be familiar with because I can't seem to find my way around the CSO website - any help would be appreciated!

comeclosa

http://www.cso.ie/indicators/Maintable.aspx

I'd say learn these and you'd be OK..Gives you unemployment, BOP, inflation and so on.

ColmBr

N64 wrote: »

Your not in the same class as me, are you? :pac: I've heard that economics is meant to be an easy subject, but the teacher we have overcomplicates everything and makes even simple stuff confusing.

My teacher definitely does not over complicate things. She doesn't even know the basics on teaching or economics. She uses YouTube as the prime method of learning....... It's beyond a joke. She wasn't even bothered teaching us a few chapters because she doesn't like them. How she became a teacher is beyond me and the rest of the students in my school who have her as a teacher.

Fresco_007

comeclosa wrote: »

http://www.cso.ie/indicators/Maintable.aspx

I'd say learn these and you'd be OK..Gives you unemployment, BOP, inflation and so on.

Thank you!

yournerd

Since accounting hated me, this better be my bitch,

olazbabes

Anybody do accounting. Awful I really need A1 for points as ACC was disaster. I dont understand why we only get 2 and a half hours for this.

yournerd

olazbabes wrote: »

Anybody do accounting. Awful I really need A1 for points as ACC was disaster. I dont understand why we only get 2 and a half hours for this.

I did Acounting
ME TOO!!!!

ahmdoda

man the only thing thats scaring my about this exam is timing absoultely crazy 2 and half hour only for a quite long exam if u know ur stuff

David086

Economics isn't an essay type exam, few short points will get you the marks! Short questions can be a bitch though!

ray2012

I feel so unprepared for this exam. I had barely any time to study for it as I studied mainly accounting (which I had today) and chemistry (which I have tomorrow) over the weekend.. Why can't economics be on Wednesday afternoon ?

Vito Corleone

What factor of production do you think will come up? I'm thinking imperfect will come up for the market structures while Monopoly and Perfect may make a feature as well somewhere on the paper.

Lucan Bohs

^ land hasn't come up in ages afaik

SeanyboyQPR

I'm hoping for Capital, Imperfect and National Income, as well as Demand Supply and Elasticity!

olazbabes

I really need A. I have a feeling price discrimination monopoly is coming up> I also predict-Inflation,taxation, Land short question. too easy as long. Compare PC with monopoly curve and IPC. Fops- Capital and labour tied in with unemployment/national wage agreement. Demand not much, Supply full question with PES and Elasticity. International trade-mainly theory as LOCA came up last year. COP will be econamies and diseconomies of scale. They are going to tie in Markets with Gov. Just assuming though!!!!

Vito Corleone

Eoin Jackson's predictions.

1. National Income 2. Money & Banking 3. International Trade 4. National Debt 5. Inflation & Prices 6. Supply & Demand 7. Imperfect Competition 8. Elasticity 9. Monopoly 10. Budget & Fiscal Policy 11. Government Spending & Performance 12. Government aims & policies 13. Labour (F.of P.) 14. Economic Growth 15. EU / Currency 16. Economic thought 17. Taxation 18. Emigration

decisions

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Eoin Jackson's predictions.

So just the entire course then? His top few are questions every other year!

Vito Corleone

decisions wrote: »

So just the entire course then? His top few are questions every other year!

I know, he does the same with Geography. I found it interesting how he left the factor of production so far down on the list.

ray2012

I'd love Land to come up as the F.o.P but I highly doubt it. It came up in the mock paper though. I'm predicting imperfect competition with a bit on oligopoly at the part (c), labour, national income, and then maybe a bit of International trade, or so I'm hoping.

I'm banking on the market structure, F.o.P and national income questions', so I'm hoping they are nice.

Actually, does anybody have a list of the formulas that you need to learn ? I know there are some in the log tables but I can't find mine! If anyone knows which formulas you have to learn I would really appreciate it if they posted!

Hayley6716

What are the most common definitions to come up?

stephenjmcd

This exam is common sense

yournerd

this is such a boring subject to study

yournerd

http://eddiesnotes.blogspot.ie/search/label/Economic%20Articles

Vito Corleone

If Oligopoly comes up I will cry.

LostBoy101

Vito Corleone wrote: »

If Oligopoly come up I will cry.

It's possible but Imperfect has higher odds of appearing on the paper. You might see Oligopoly in the SQs. There is a possibility of price discrimination appearing somewhere on the paper as well.

D_s

Lads, I cannot study for this at all :P Such a boring subject, and I have DCG tomorrow as well!

Got a B1 in mocks, I'm pushing for the A now though, finding it exhausting to look at the books at this stage though, so burned out, and I have to last until Friday!

If I manage to get the energy to do 1 or 2 topics tonight, what'd be your guarantees (Besides Imperfect, I'm grand on that)?