WAEC (WASSCE) Economics · Demand, supply and prices

Theory of price determination: WAEC Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Theory of price determination

Our summary: How demand and supply meet to set the equilibrium price and quantity, and what price controls do.

  • The concept of the market
  • Interaction between demand and supply
  • Price determination under free and regulated markets
  • Equilibrium price and quantity in product and factor markets
  • The effects of changes in supply and demand on equilibrium prices and quantities
  • Introduction to algebraic determination of equilibrium price and quantity
  • Price controls: maximum and minimum price regulations – meaning and their effects; rationing, black market (parallel market)

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WAEC (WASSCE) Economics questions on Theory of price determination

  1. WAEC 2024Other things being equal, an increase in the demand for land in the short-run will cause an increase in the
  2. WAEC 2024Minimum price legislation is used to protect the interests of
  3. WAEC 2023The fixing of maximum prices by government is mainly on
  4. WAEC 2023When the demand for a commodity increases while supply remains unchanged, the equilibrium price and quantity will
  5. WAEC 2021When market supply increases , the equilibrium price …
  6. WAEC 2021When a commodity market operates without government interference, commodities are distributed through …
  7. WAEC 2021Government can increase farmers' incomes by …
  8. WAEC 2021An increase in the rice harvest, all things being equal, may cause …
  9. WAEC 2020If a beef market is in equilibrium at 4.00 per kg, an increase in price to 6.00 per kg may cause
  10. WAEC 2019What happens when a minimum price is imposed in a market?
  11. WAEC 2019What effect will an increase in the supply of fish have on the meat market
  12. WAEC 2019When the price of a good is above the equilibrium, there will be
  13. WAEC 2018A market is in equilibrium when?
  14. WAEC 2018A price floor is usually fixed
  15. WAEC 2017Another term for equilibrium price is?
  16. WAEC 2017parallel markets are usually the results of
  17. WAEC 2016A price floor results in
  18. WAEC 2015All the following are methods of determing prices except?
  19. WAEC 2015which of the following will not affect the market price of a commodity

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