Topics
Information Failure
Information failure occurs when people have inaccurate, incomplete, uncertain or misunderstood data and so make potentially ‘wrong’ choices.
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The Baby Formula Price Trap: How Branding and Regulation Are Costing Parents
16th February 2025
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New Kahoot Quizzes on Market Failure
13th December 2023
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1.3.4 Information Gaps (Edexcel)
Study Notes
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Are loyalty cards being used to conceal price increases?
15th September 2023
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In the News Teaching Activity: Vaping and Negative Externalities (Sept 2023)
11th September 2023
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4.1.2.2 Imperfect Information (AQA A Level Economics Teaching Powerpoint)
Teaching PowerPoints
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1.3.4 Information Gaps (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Information Failure - Better Labelling Needed to Reduce Water Use
30th August 2023
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Information Failure - What is Adverse Selection?
Study Notes
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UK government may launch fuel price comparison website
13th October 2022
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Ban on online junk food ads for kids
8th December 2016
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Nurofen fined heavily for mis-leading consumers
16th December 2016
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Secondary ticket markets - blessing or curse for consumers?
19th December 2016
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Credence goods and misbehaviour by unscrupulous sellers
31st January 2017
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Government Failure - Wood Energy Schemes and Climate Change
23rd February 2017
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Information Economics and Car Service Costs
2nd March 2017
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Information Failures (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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De-Merit Goods (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Merit Goods (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Information Economics - The Market for Lemons
Study Notes
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Positive Externalities
Topic Videos
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Information Failures in Markets
Topic Videos
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Analysis of Market Failure with Merit Goods
Topic Videos
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Booking.com still duping customers says industry watchdog
19th September 2019
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Information Failure Revision Quiz
Quizzes & Activities
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Information Failure: Four Short Revision Videos
Topic Videos
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Information Provision and Regulation (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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Sugar (Soda) Taxes (Government Intervention)
Study Notes
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Information failure - supermarkets still offering dubious deals
30th August 2019
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A* Evaluation on Information Failures
Topic Videos
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UK Plastic bag charge set to be doubled to 10p
27th December 2018
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Minimum Alcohol Pricing (Revision Essay Plan)
Practice Exam Questions
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Optimum “health tax” for meat calculated
8th November 2018
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Government floats ban on energy drinks for under-18s
30th August 2018
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Google fined €4.3bn for reducing consumer choice
19th July 2018
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De-Merit Goods
Study Notes
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Information Failure
Study Notes
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Explaining Merit Goods
Study Notes
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Unintended consequences of setting targets
16th May 2018
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Sugar Taxes
Topic Videos
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Minimum Prices for Alcohol: Evaluation
Topic Videos
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Test 1: A Level Economics: MCQ Revision on Market Failure and Government Intervention
Practice Exam Questions
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Taxing De-Merit Goods (Chain of Analysis)
Exam Support
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Information Failure - Topical Examples
15th March 2018
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Obesity: not just a rich-world problem
25th January 2018
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Plastic Planet - An Economic and Human Crisis
30th December 2017
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Regulators ask estate agents to tell the truth
21st December 2017
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Featured Snippets and Information Failure
19th November 2017
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Government regulates stakes on fixed-odds machines
31st October 2017
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Hotel booking sites to be investigated
27th October 2017
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De-Merit Goods
Topic Videos
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What can be done about problem gambling?
1st September 2017
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Parental investment in kids - a case of information failure?
11th April 2017
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Economics Primer - The Market for Lemons
24th July 2016
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Intervention in Markets - Will the legal highs ban work?
31st May 2016
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Dolmio and Uncle Ben's advise customers to buy less!
15th April 2016
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Doctors call for a 20% tax of sugary foods and drinks
13th July 2015
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Bacon sandwich with sugar, anyone?
27th October 2015
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Jamie Oliver calls for Sugar Tax on Soft Drinks
20th October 2015
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Resources on the Sugar Tax
20th March 2016
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Market Failure and Akerlof’s Lemons
25th February 2016
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Beyond the Bike - assessing the Thai economy
4th March 2016
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Brighton's Smart Sugar Initiative
2nd March 2016
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Invisible Hand in a Perfectly Competitive World
27th February 2016
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Information failure, consumer behaviour and prices
11th February 2016
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Market Failure and Behavioural Policies - Research Assignment
7th February 2016
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Market Failure: 8 resources on Market Failure
18th January 2016
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Science does not always make sense
13th January 2016
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Information Failure: Solariums
16th April 2008
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Alcohol information failure
13th January 2010
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Information Failures: The Bazaar
27th February 2011
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Paul Ormerod: Meat and potato pies and the Nobel Prize in economics
10th January 2013
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Cigarettes, demerit goods and government failure
12th July 2013
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Information Failure: How sweet are you?
2nd December 2013
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Information Economics - How Many Sugars in a Coke?
5th January 2014
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Information failure in the NHS
23rd January 2014
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Obesity - A Global Economic Issue
24th December 2014
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Buyer Beware - Alibaba and the Curse of Fakes
24th December 2014
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Why firms choose not to disclose the quality of their products
2nd February 2015
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Plain packaging for cigarettes
17th February 2015
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Building the Entrepreneurial State
2nd April 2015
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No Jab No Pay Policy in Australia
12th April 2015
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De-Merit Goods - Banning Legal Highs
30th May 2015
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Information, Networks and Economic Growth - Cesar Hidalgo
10th June 2015
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Mis-leading price comparison sites
14th June 2015
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Information Failure - Sunscreen Labelling
26th June 2015