Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Price elasticity of demand

Price elasticity of demand — practice question

Chocolate is a very large industry. Some material has been omitted because of copyright restrictions. One long-term answer may be to cut the country’s reliance on cocoa bean exports and move into other goods that could create more jobs and better-paid work.
(a(i))[1]

Identify one possible explanation for the value of price elasticity of demand (PED) for chocolate.

(a(ii))[1]

Calculate the percentage change in the value of global sales of chocolate from 2017 to 2026, as shown in Table 1.1.

(b)[2]

Using a demand and supply diagram, show why cocoa bean prices kept falling in 2023.

(c)[4]

Consider whether a buffer stock system run by the government of Ivory Coast would be likely to stop fluctuations in the price of cocoa beans.

(d)[6]

Assess the extent to which using a minimum pricing policy would be the best way to make sure cocoa bean farmers are paid a living wage.

(e)[6]

Assess the advantages and disadvantages of Ivory Coast continuing to specialise in the production and export of cocoa beans.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: PED is fairly inelastic because chocolate is addictive, has a relatively low price compared with income, or has few substitutes.

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