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3.6 Demand management: fiscal policy

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3.6 Demand management: fiscal policy

Latest exam session: May 2026

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Micro-topics in 3.6 Demand management: fiscal policy

In syllabus order. The ring is the share of papers each appears in.

  • 7

    3.4.4

    Taxation and equity

    3 questions · in 7% of papers

    Occasional

    last Nov 23 P3

  • 4

    3.6.1

    Fiscal policy: revenue, spending and goals

    2 questions · in 4% of papers

    Less common

    last May 26 P2 TZ1

  • 9

    3.6.2

    Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy

    4 questions · in 9% of papers

    Occasional

    last Nov 25 P2 TZ3

  • 22

    3.6.3

    Effectiveness of fiscal policy

    11 questions · in 22% of papers

    Regular

    last May 26 P3

  • 9

    3.6.4

    The Keynesian multiplier (HL)

    5 questions · in 9% of papers

    Occasional

    last May 26 P3

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Top 4 of 5 micro-topics for the next sitting. Numbers are questions per year.

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Micro-topic20222023202420252026
2Effectiveness of fiscal policy, 2022: 2 questions2Effectiveness of fiscal policy, 2023: 2 questions1Effectiveness of fiscal policy, 2024: 1 question3Effectiveness of fiscal policy, 2025: 3 questions3Effectiveness of fiscal policy, 2026: 3 questions
·The Keynesian multiplier (HL), 2022: 0 questions1The Keynesian multiplier (HL), 2023: 1 question2The Keynesian multiplier (HL), 2024: 2 questions·The Keynesian multiplier (HL), 2025: 0 questions2The Keynesian multiplier (HL), 2026: 2 questions
1Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, 2022: 1 question·Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, 2023: 0 questions2Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, 2024: 2 questions1Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, 2025: 1 question·Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, 2026: 0 questions
·Fiscal policy: revenue, spending and goals, 2022: 0 questions·Fiscal policy: revenue, spending and goals, 2023: 0 questions1Fiscal policy: revenue, spending and goals, 2024: 1 question·Fiscal policy: revenue, spending and goals, 2025: 0 questions1Fiscal policy: revenue, spending and goals, 2026: 1 question

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  • Regularin roughly one paper in six or more
  • Occasionalin about one paper in ten
  • Less commonin fewer than one paper in fifteen

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10 exam sessions from 2022 to 2026, the latest May 2026. Every Paper 1, 2 and 3 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 19 papers in this archive.

Which 3.6 Demand management: fiscal policy topic comes up most?

Effectiveness of fiscal policy (3.6.3): in 22% of papers, last seen May 26 P3. Usually "Explain", worth about 9 marks in a paper that includes it.

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