Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Utility and rational consumer behaviour

Utility and rational consumer behaviour — practice question

(a)[2]

Identify two reasons given for why people purchase virtual goods.

(b)[4]
  • Which indicators can be used to decide whether a firm is large or small? [4]
(b(ii))[4]

Is the evidence provided sufficient for you to decide whether the firms that sell virtual goods are large or small?

(c)[4]

The article says that customer numbers are rising rapidly. What is likely to happen to the virtual goods company’s total fixed costs and total variable costs as this happens?

(d)[6]

Using the evidence given, discuss whether it is wise for a firm to spend money advertising products that do not exist on the internet through sites such as Facebook.

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