OFFICIAL COURSE MATERIALS
Economics Resources
Useful Pearson Edexcel Economics A materials to support your revision, including the official specifications, case studies and exemplar responses.
These resources are published by Pearson and open on the Pearson Qualifications website.
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Official specifications
Use the specification to check exactly what you are expected to know for the qualification.
PEARSON CASE STUDIES
Apply economics to real contexts
Pearson’s case-study materials provide additional context, research ideas and practice questions for selected parts of the course.
Economic thinkers
Explore the ideas of Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek and Karl Marx in the context of different economic systems.
Open Pearson PDF →Rational or irrational consumers?
A case study covering rational decision making and alternative views of consumer behaviour.
Open Pearson PDF →National happiness
Explore national wellbeing and the relationship between real incomes and subjective happiness.
Open Pearson PDF →The Great Depression
A Pearson case study exploring the Great Depression, with research ideas and practice questions.
Open Pearson PDF →The Great Depression and Global Financial Crisis
Compare major economic crises and the policy responses used in different historical contexts.
Open Pearson PDF →The financial sector
Research ideas and practice questions covering the role and operation of the financial sector.
Open Pearson PDF →EXAM PREPARATION
Exemplar material
See example responses and examiner commentary to better understand how Economics A questions are assessed.
AS Economics A exemplar booklet
Example student responses and assessment material for AS Economics A.
Open exemplar booklet →A-level Economics A exemplar booklet
Example responses covering the A-level papers, with material designed to illustrate assessment standards.
Open exemplar booklet →BACK TO REVISION
Use these resources alongside your topic revision
Browse the Economics Topics directory to find the part of the course you’re currently studying.