Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.4

7.4 — practice question

(a)[2]

Explain what zero-sum means in game theory.

(b)[5]

Use the information to explain how external economies of scale arise. Show, with the help of a diagram, how this would change a firm’s average costs.

(c)[6]

Demand for the output of a geographically concentrated industry falls. Analyse the economic implications of this for the area in which the industry is based.

(d)[7]

Consider how the negative externalities arising from concentrated industrial production might be reduced.

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