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Name 4 Causes of Globalisation

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  • A Fall in Transport Cost
  • A Fall in Cost of Communication
  • A Reduction in the World Barriers
  • Fall of Communism
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Name 2 Benefits of Globalisation

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  • Increase in Supply of Goods + Services
  • Helps Economy grow
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What are 3 Drawbacks of Globalisation

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  • Lead to Increased Environmental Damage
  • Exploitation of LEDs
  • Inequalities
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What is meant by Comparative Advantage

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When a country can produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost to another

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What are 4 Factors that affect the Pattern of Trade

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  • Emerging Economies
  • Growth of Trade Blocs
  • Changes in Exchange Rates
  • Comparative Advantage
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How do you work out Index of Terms of Trade

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Index of Export Prices / Index of import Prices x 100

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What can Influence a country’s Terms of Trade

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  • Exchange Rates
  • Incomes
  • Technology
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What is a Free Trade Area

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An area where trade is free with no barriers of tariffs

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What is a Customs Union

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Free trade with a common external tariff

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What is a Common Market

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A trade area with common policies on product regulation

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What is a Monetary Union

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A group of Counties that agree to share a common currency

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Define Aid

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When a country voluntarily transfer resources to another country or gives them loans

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What is Absolute Poverty

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People who earn less than $1.90

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Define a Market Bubble

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The price of the product exceeds the value of the product

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What is meant by Market Rigging

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The process of colluding and fixing prices at the expense of others

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Define Moral Hazard

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When the person taking the risk is not the one who bears the consequence of it

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Define Absolute Advantage

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When a country can produce two products at a lower opportunity cost than the other

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Define Trade Liberalisation

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The removal of trade barriers to increase growth and development

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What are 3 Market Orientated Strategies that might influence growth and development

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  • Trade Liberalisation
  • Removal of Government Subsidies
  • Microfinance Schemes
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What are the components of HDI

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  • Health (Life Expectancy)
  • Education (Years of Education)
  • Living Standards (GNI per Capita)
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Define Devaluation

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The selling of domestic currency to reduce the value

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Define Appreciation

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The buying of Foreign currency to increase the value of your domestic currency

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Define Protectionism

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Putting up trade barriers to protect infant industries so that they can develop

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Define FDI

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Includes investment by foreign firms into a domestic business

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What is meant by Removal of Government Subsidies
Reduces spending on inefficient subsides so that it can be redirected to health + education
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Define Buffer Stock Schemes
- It ensure price stability of a product - It buys the product when price goes below floor to raise demand - Government sells product when it goes above ceiling to raise supply
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Define Microfinance
Very small loans given to individuals who are not able to access loans
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Define Privatisation
The selling of state owned enterprises to the private sector
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Define Infrastructure Development
The spending of money on Transport, Communication and Energy
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What is meant by the Development of Human Capital
Developing the quality and accessibility of education to raise skills in the economy
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State 3 Interventionist Strategies
- Infrastructure Development - Development of Human Capital - Buffer Stock Schemes
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What are the 4 Market Failures in the Financial Sector
- Asymmetric Information - Moral Hazards - Market Bubbles - Market Rigging
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What is the Role of the Financial Market
- Facilitate Saving and Lending - Facilitate Exchange of Goods and Services - To provide a Forward Market in Commodities and Contracts - To provide a Market for Equities
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What is meant by the Facility to Exchange Goods and Services as a Role of the Financial Market
The ability to make payments, receive wages and pay debts
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What is meant by Providing the Market for Equities mean as a Role of the Financial Market
Allowing stocks and shares to be issued and traded
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What is meant by Providing Forward Markets in Commodities and Contracts as a Role of the Financial Market
- Allows locking of prices to reduce uncertainty - Contracts allow protection from exchange rate fluctuations
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What are the Roles of Central Banks
- Implementation of Monetary Policy - Banker to the Government - Banker to Banks - Role of Regulation in the Banking Industry
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What is meant by Implementation of Monetary Policies as a Role of the Central Bank
Responsible for putting in place Monetary Policies
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What is meant by Banker to the Government as a Role of the Central Bank
The central bank has to manage the accounts of the Government
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What is meant by Banker to Banks as a Role of the Central Bank
Supplying loans to Banks when in financial difficulties to maintain the stability of the banking system
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What is a Progressive Tax
Proportion of tax payed increases as income rises
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What is a Regressive tax
Proportion of tax payed falls as income rises
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Define Proportional Tax
Proportion of tax payed stays the same as income rises
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2 Examples of Direct Tax
- Income Tax - Corporation Tax
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2 Examples of Indirect Tax
- VAT - Excise duties
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Define Automatic Stabilisers
Changes of Tax Revenue and Government Spending when GDP rises or falls without Government Intervention
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Define Discretionary Fiscal Policy
Changes in Government Spending and Taxation due to Government Intervention
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What is the difference between Fiscal Deficit and National Debt
- Fiscal Deficit is where Government Spending is greater than Tax Revenue - National Debt is the total cost of the Governments Borrowing
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What are 2 Factors that affect the Size of Fiscal Deficit
- Amount of tax Avoidance - Political Priorities
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2 Ways to reduce Fiscal Deficit
- Reduce Government Spending - Increase Taxes
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2 Ways to reduce Poverty and Inequality
- Improve education for the Poorer - Make Tax system more progressive
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What are 3 factors that create problems when making new policies
- Inaccurate Information - Risk and Uncertainty - Inability to control External Shocks
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2 Ways of Measuring International Competitiveness
- Relative Unit Labour Cost - Relative Export Prices
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2 Factors that can improve a Country’s Terms of Trade
- Increased Demands for Exports - SPICED

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