Introductory Microeconomics, BA (Programme)
Public goods and common resources
Every paper it came up in, with its marks and how they split between numerical and theory.
No. 9in the study order: adds 0.6 marks to a 90-mark paper7/8papers it came in, 2022 to 2025
14.7marks on average when it comes
24most marks it has carried in one paper
Numerical 8%Theory 92%of its marks over all papers
Where it appeared one per sitting
December 2025, paper 6517Q5, Q7 in this paperDecember 2025, paper 6349Q8 in this paperJanuary 2025, paper 2555Q6, Q8 in this paperJanuary 2025, paper 2535Q6 in this paperJanuary 2024, paper 907Q7 in this paperJanuary 2024, paper 887Q8 in this paper2022–23, paper 3105Q7 in this paper2022–23, paper 3091not asked
Current syllabus UGCF papers, newest first
- Private goods, club goods and common resources6 marksQuestion 5 (a), December 2025, paper 6517
- Market failure in the case of a public good6 marksQuestion 5 (b), December 2025, paper 6517
- The free rider problem and why it arises in public goods6 marksQuestion 5 (c), December 2025, paper 6517
- The tragedy of the commons6 marksQuestion 7 (b), December 2025, paper 6517
- Tragedy of the commons6 marksQuestion 8 (b), December 2025, paper 6349
- Free rider problem6 marksQuestion 8 (c), December 2025, paper 6349
- Public goods and common resources, defined with examples6 marksQuestion 6 (a), January 2025, paper 2555
- The free rider problem6 marksQuestion 6 (b), January 2025, paper 2555
- The tragedy of the commons6 marksQuestion 8 (b), January 2025, paper 2555
- Public goods versus common resources, and why education is not a pure public good6 marksQuestion 6 (a), January 2025, paper 2535
- How public goods lead to market failure, with an example6 marksQuestion 6 (b), January 2025, paper 2535
- The free rider problem6 marksQuestion 6 (c), January 2025, paper 2535
- Public goods defined, with one example each of a private good, a public good, a club good and a common resource10 marksQuestion 7 (a), January 2024, paper 907
- The free rider problem8 marksQuestion 7 (b), January 2024, paper 907
- A town's fireworks show: is it efficient, who is Mr. X, and can a private firm supply it?8 marksQuestion 8 (b), January 2024, paper 887
- Why the invisible hand fails to allocate resources efficiently to a public good5 marksQuestion 7 (b), 2022–23, paper 3105, being checked
See the whole order.Every topic of Introductory Microeconomics ranked by what it adds, with the OR choices accounted for.
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