Economics GCSE
Consumer choice
What Consumer choice means in Economics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Consumer choice
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Reference: AQA
A benefit of globalisation for UK consumers, who gain a wider variety of goods due to cheaper imports.
Access to a wider variety of goods and services than could be produced domestically.
The choice of buying from numerous competing producers who offer similar goods.
Topics that use Consumer choice
- Competitive markets (AQA GCSE)
- Globalisation: benefits and drawbacks (AQA GCSE)
- Why countries trade and the importance of international trade to the UK (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Economies of scale
- International trade
- Barriers to entry
- Competitive market
- Competitive markets
- Consumer welfare
- Economic growth
- Economic integration
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