Writing Your Assignment: Instructions and Guidance

• This report assignment must be completed individually.

• You must use the Harvard referencing system.

• Your work must indicate the number of words you have used on the cover page. Written assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words. When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which results in a lower being awarded for the piece of work.

• Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work.

• Write your student ID number at the top of every page.

• Where the assignment comprises more than one task, all tasks must be submitted in a single document.

• You must number all pages.

In order to achieve full you must submit your work before the deadline. Work that is submitted late – up to five working days after the published submission deadline - will be accepted and marked. However, the element of the module’s assessment to which the work contributes will be capped with a maximum mark of 40%. Work cannot be submitted if the period of 5 working days after the deadline has passed (unless there is an approved extension). Failure to submit within the relevant period will mean that you have failed the assessment.

1. When and why do inputs and costs impact the production decisions related to the supply of goods and services? Explain these economic concepts using examples from within the UK economy between 2010 and 2019

2. Define and explain how perfect competition or a highly competitive markets impact the supply of goods and services? Explain these economic concepts applied to a specific highly competitive UK-based industry between 2010 and 2019

• This task is a REPORT which involves separate sections under sub-headings. It can include a table of contents, relevant graphs and images from approved reference sources listed below. It does not typically include a thesis statement. It must have an introduction and a conclusion
paragraph that are consistent with Task 1 and Task 2 topics.

• The report should clearly explain and discuss the majority of the key topics from Lectures 6 and 7 and their corresponding explanations in Chapters 6 & 7 of Essentials of Economics (Krugman & Wells, 2020).

• Each task should use the key lectures and chapter topics to explain production decisions using researched real-world examples from the UK industries between 2010-2019 (during the decade prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and before the United Kingdom left the European Union).

• The report should discuss production decisions by using at least one real-world example per task from the UK market from between 2010-2019.