Leaving Cert Economics 2016

The 2016 Leaving Cert Economics exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2016 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 supply, elasticity, market shortage · 75 marks
  • Q1 perfect competition, supernormal profit, cost and revenue curves · 16 marks
  • Q2 oligopoly, kinked demand curve, barriers to entry, small versus large firms · 75 marks
  • Q2 law of diminishing marginal returns, production · 16 marks
  • Q3 labour as a factor of production, supply of labour, wage differentials · 75 marks
  • Q3 mobility of labour, unemployment, labour market · 16 marks
  • Q4 production periods, marginal revenue, marginal cost, competitiveness · 75 marks
  • Q4 economies of scale, long-run average cost · 16 marks
  • Q5 full employment, national income multiplier, marginal propensity to save, gross domestic product · 75 marks
  • Q5 youth unemployment, government policy, labour market · 16 marks
  • Q6 income elasticity of demand, normal and luxury goods · 17 marks
  • Q6 exchange rates, balance of payments, international trade · 75 marks
  • Q7 income and wealth, progressive and regressive taxes, inequality, environmental policy · 75 marks
  • Q7 monetary policy, price stability, ecb · 17 marks
  • Q8 economic performance indicators, budget deficit, national debt, urbanisation · 75 marks
  • Q8 taxation, government intervention, disposable income · 17 marks
  • Q9 minimum wage, labour market, inflation · 17 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2016 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 perfect competition, market structures, alcohol · 75 marks
  • Q1 factors of production, land, rent · 16 marks
  • Q2 international trade, trade barriers, subsidies · 16 marks
  • Q2 demand and supply, market equilibrium, commercial banks · 75 marks
  • Q3 enterprise, factors of production, national minimum wage · 75 marks
  • Q3 marginal utility, consumer behaviour · 16 marks
  • Q4 costs of production, profit, average cost · 16 marks
  • Q4 census, economic systems, economic development · 75 marks
  • Q5 taxation, usc, unemployment · 75 marks
  • Q5 economists, history of economic thought · 16 marks
  • Q6 imports and exports, tourism, multinational companies · 75 marks
  • Q6 homelessness, housing market, government intervention · 17 marks
  • Q7 branding, government intervention, consumer behaviour · 17 marks
  • Q7 national income, circular flow, economic growth · 75 marks
  • Q8 national debt, infrastructure, environment · 75 marks
  • Q8 black economy, national income, taxation · 17 marks
  • Q9 income elasticity of demand, elasticity · 17 marks
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