Leaving Cert Economics 2020

The 2020 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 2020 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 marginal utility, market equilibrium, government intervention · 75 marks
  • Q1 substitution effect, income effect, consumer demand · 16 marks
  • Q2 economic development, social costs, less developed countries · 16 marks
  • Q2 imperfect competition, monopolistic competition, non-price competition · 75 marks
  • Q3 full employment, multinational companies, gender pay inequality · 75 marks
  • Q3 unemployment, technological unemployment, government policy · 16 marks
  • Q4 costs of production, marginal cost, economies of scale, mergers · 75 marks
  • Q4 supply and demand, market equilibrium, subsidies · 16 marks
  • Q5 banking, branch closures, economic effects · 16 marks
  • Q5 enterprise, marginal revenue product, price elasticity of demand, income elasticity of demand · 75 marks
  • Q6 fiscal policy, government intervention, keynesian economics · 17 marks
  • Q6 tariffs, subsidies, trade protectionism, international trade · 75 marks
  • Q7 carbon tax, regressive taxation, government expenditure, homelessness · 75 marks
  • Q7 gig economy, labour market regulation · 17 marks
  • Q8 national income, transfer payments, multiplier, national debt · 75 marks
  • Q8 regional development, economic decline, government policy · 17 marks
  • Q9 oligopoly, kinked demand curve, price rigidity · 17 marks

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Foundations: Economic Concepts, Systems & ThoughtDemand, Supply, Elasticity & Market EquilibriumCosts of Production & the FirmMarket Structures & CompetitionMarket Failure & Government InterventionFactors of Production & Income DistributionLabour Market, Employment & UnemploymentNational Income & Economic ActivityMoney, Banking, Inflation & Monetary PolicyGovernment & Public Finance (Fiscal Policy & Taxation)International Trade, Balance of Payments & the EUEconomic Growth, Development & Population
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