Introductory Microeconomics, BA (Hons) Economics
Price ceilings, floors and rationing
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
7marks on average when it comes
12most marks it has carried in one paper
Numerical 64%Theory 36%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
- A price ceiling of $108 with Qs = 2P and Qd = 360 - P3 marksQuestion 3 (i)(a), December 2025
- A price floor of $108 with Qs = 2P and Qd = 360 - P3 marksQuestion 3 (i)(b), December 2025
- A price floor set below the equilibrium price4 marksQuestion 3 (b), January 2025
- Equilibrium in the apple market and a statutory minimum price of ₹756 marksQuestion 3 (a), December 2023
- When a price floor does not bind, and a binding floor in the wheat market6 marksQuestion 3 (c), December 2023, being checked
- How a minimum wage changes the labour market, and the case for and against it6 marksQuestion 4 (b), 2022–23
See the whole order.Every topic of Introductory Microeconomics ranked by what it adds, with the OR choices accounted for.
Study order