Introductory Microeconomics, BA (Hons) Economics
Gains from trade and comparative advantage
Every paper it came up in, with its marks and how they split between numerical and theory.
4/4papers it came in, 2022 to 2025
4.2marks on average when it comes
6most marks it has carried in one paper
Numerical 76%Theory 24%of its marks over all papers
This topic only ever appears as the OR choice against Tax incidence, deadweight loss and subsidies. Learn one of the two, not both; the plan leaves this one out unless you drop the other.
Where it appeared one per sitting
Current syllabus UGCF papers, newest first
- Absolute advantage: Brazil and Vietnam2 marksQuestion 1 (i)(a), December 2025
- Comparative advantage: Brazil and Vietnam3 marksQuestion 1 (i)(b), December 2025
- Is a trade good for one person always good for the other?4 marksQuestion 1 (b), January 2025
- Gains from trade and comparative advantage6 marksQuestion 1 (a), December 2023, being checked
- Can Aditi and Kabir both gain by helping each other, and on what terms?2 marksQuestion 4 (a)(iii), 2022–23
See the whole order.Every topic of Introductory Microeconomics ranked by what it adds, with the OR choices accounted for.
Study order