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Baccalauréat international · IB Diploma

Economics · HL

Papers, samples and curriculum documents for this course. · ⁨Dossiers, échantillons et documents de programme pour ce cours.⁩

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Handouts · ⁨Supports de cours⁩ · A-Level Economics · ⁨Économie A-Level⁩ (11)
Exercise sheets · ⁨Fiches d'exercices⁩ · A-Level Economics · ⁨Économie A-Level⁩ (53)
Presentation slides · ⁨Diaporamas de présentation⁩ · A-Level Economics · ⁨Économie A-Level⁩ (11)

Course units and learning goals · ⁨Unités de cours et objectifs d'apprentissage⁩

These lessons teach selected course objectives. Check the remaining coverage gaps; the material is not a complete preparation programme. · ⁨Ces leçons abordent des objectifs de cours sélectionnés. Vérifiez les lacunes restantes en couverture ; ce matériel ne constitue pas un programme d'entraînement complet.⁩

1 · Economic inquiry and choices
  • Explain scarcity and opportunity cost using a model
  • Distinguish positive from normative claims and evaluate assumptions
normative
Containing a judgement about what ought to be.
opportunity cost
The benefit of the next-best alternative forgone.
2.1–2.7 · Demand, supply and policy
  • Explain market equilibrium and elasticities
  • Analyse intervention and behavioural limits with labelled diagrams
tax incidence
How the economic burden of a tax is shared.
price elasticity
Responsiveness of quantity to a price change.
2.8–2.9; 2.12 · Market failure and equity
  • Analyse externalities, public goods and common-access resources
  • Distinguish efficiency from fairness in policy evaluation
common-access resource
A resource that is rival and non-excludable.
equity
Fairness in the distribution of outcomes or opportunities.
2.10–2.11 · Information and market power
  • Analyse asymmetric information and market power
  • Use costs, revenue and welfare to evaluate intervention
adverse selection
Hidden information before a transaction distorts selection.
moral hazard
Protection changes incentives for risk-taking or care.
3 · Macroeconomic activity, objectives and policy
  • Use national-income measures and AD/AS
  • Evaluate monetary, fiscal and supply-side policies for growth, stability and inequality
aggregate demand
Total planned spending on final goods and services.
real GDP
Output measured after removing price changes.
4 · Global economy and development
  • Analyse trade, protection, integration, exchange rates and payments
  • Evaluate development indicators, barriers and strategies
comparative advantage
Production at a lower opportunity cost.
sustainable development
Development that considers future needs and environmental limits.

Preparing for this qualification · ⁨Préparation à cette qualification⁩

  • SL: Paper 1 75 min 30%, Paper 2 105 min 40%, commentary portfolio 30%. HL: Paper 1 75 min 20%, Paper 2 105 min 30%, policy Paper 3 105 min 30%, portfolio 20%.
  • Three supervised news commentaries cover microeconomics, macroeconomics and the global economy through distinct key concepts. School checks source recency and commentary requirements against the full guide.

Teaching coverage still needed · ⁨Couverture pédagogique encore nécessaire⁩

  • Full guide needed to verify every SL/HL sub-objective and quantitative exclusion; more diagram-led lessons, development cases and complete paper sets required.
  • Reviewed runtime bank remains unavailable; no practice registry promotion.

Specifications and sample documents · ⁨Spécifications et documents d'échantillon⁩

Course materials · ⁨Matériel pédagogique⁩

Course preparation · ⁨Préparation du cours⁩

Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · ⁨Les documents sont disponibles. Les notes spécifiques au conseil, les évaluations et la pratique interactive des anciens sujets ne sont pas encore disponibles pour tous les cours.⁩

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