Edexcel B · Theme 1: Markets, consumers and firms · 1.2 Enterprise, business and the economy

Edexcel B Economics past paper questions: Enterprise, business and the economy

Every Edexcel B question on Enterprise, business and the economy from 2016 to 2025: 5 essays, 16 data response questions and 6 short answer questions. It covers Introducing the market, Market failure and government intervention, Revenue, costs, profits and cash, The role of credit in the economy and Competition and market power. Each question links to its paper, mark scheme and examiner report.

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SubtopicsIntroducing the market 4Market failure and government intervention 4Revenue, costs, profits and cash 4The role of credit in the economy 3Competition and market power 1Market failure across the economy 1Risk and the financial sector 1

Essay questions on enterprise, business and the economy

A-level Paper 2, June 2025, Q2Evaluate20 marks

Case study: Water privatisation

The water industry in England and Wales has been transferred into the private sector. Evaluate the extent to which this has resulted in unintended consequences.

Question paper p.14 Mark scheme p.16 Examiner report p.23 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, June 2023, Q2Evaluate20 marks

Case study: Children whose parents smoke are four times as likely to take up smoking

Evaluate the effectiveness of the UK Government providing information to reduce the number of smokers in the UK.

Question paper p.20 Mark scheme p.16 Examiner report p.29 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, November 2020, Q3Evaluate20 marks

Case study: Amazon is not a traditional monopoly, but it does monopolise the attention

Evaluate the potential impact of Amazon’s market power on its stakeholders.

Question paper p.23 Mark scheme p.17 Examiner report p.19 Open in the tool Practise the monopoly diagram

A-level Paper 3, November 2020, Q1(d)Evaluate20 marks

Case study: UK average house prices

Evaluate the role of the central bank in reducing economic risk and uncertainty.

Question paper p.12 Mark scheme p.10 Examiner report p.10 Open in the tool

AS Paper 1, June 2018, Q3Evaluate20 marks

Case study: Green and clean

Evaluate the importance of market research to the success of a business such as Will’s Wheelie Wash.

Question paper p.18 Mark scheme p.16 Examiner report p.26 Open in the tool

Data response questions on enterprise, business and the economy

A-level Paper 3, June 2025, Q1(c)Assess12 marks

Case study: Diseconomies of Scale

Assess whether an ethical stance by a business will lead to stakeholder conflict.

Question paper p.5 Mark scheme p.8 Insert Examiner report p.15 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, November 2021, Q1(f)Assess10 marks

Case study: It has no high street shops and few people over the age of 40 will have even heard of

Assess the likely implications of using share capital to fund expansion for a firm such as Boohoo.

Question paper p.13 Mark scheme p.10 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, November 2020, Q1(d)Analyse6 marks

Case study: How British Airways (BA) is turning itself into a low-cost airline

Analyse two ways secondary market research may be used by airlines, such as BA, to help increase sales.

Question paper p.8 Mark scheme p.6 Examiner report p.5 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, November 2020, Q1(e)Discuss8 marks

Case study: How British Airways (BA) is turning itself into a low-cost airline

Discuss the importance to BA of survival as a business objective.

Question paper p.9 Mark scheme p.7 Examiner report p.6 Open in the tool

AS Paper 1, November 2020, Q2(e)Assess12 marks

Case study: Top of the class

Assess the extent to which non-financial motives are important for Christine when running Mint Tutors.

Question paper p.16 Mark scheme p.14 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, June 2019, Q1(h)Assess12 marks

Case study: The growth of sportswear sales

Assess the extent to which this may cause stakeholder conflict.

Question paper p.15 Mark scheme p.13 Examiner report p.16 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, June 2018, Q1(d)Analyse6 marks