AQA

Assess the possible consequences of a decision by the UK government not to join the European single currency within the next decade.

(AQA, June 2004)

Assess the economic consequences of a significant appreciation in the value of the euro for those countries that are members of the European Union.

(AQA, June 2003)

Comment critically on the arguments for and against the UK leaving the EU.

(AQA, January 2003)

Describe the main ways in which the EU differs from NAFTA.

(AQA, January 2003)

Assess the consequences for the UK of non-membership of the single European currency.

(AQA, June 2002)

Discuss the extent to which the UK economy is converging with other economies in the eurozone.

(AQA, June 2002)

Outline the arguments for and against the UK joining the euro.

(AQA, June 2002)

Assess the likely costs and benefits of product and labour market reforms for the countries of the EU.

(AQA, June 2002)

Discuss the economic consequences of EU enlargement for the UK, for countries applying for membership, and for current EU members as a whole.

(AQA, January 2002)

Edexcel

Assess the costs and benefits of monetary union in the European Union.

(Edexcel, June 2006)

Evaluate the potential costs and benefits to the UK economy of a decision to join the euro.

(Edexcel, Summer 2002)

OCR

Comment on the implications for a country's macroeconomic policy of its decision to participate in Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

(OCR, January 2003)

Comment on the problems faced by economic policy-makers in managing the performance of a single currency zone, such as the eurozone.

(OCR, January 2003)

Compare the economic performance of the eurozone with that of non-eurozone economies.

(OCR, January 2003)

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of membership of a single currency system for: (i) firms and consumers; (ii) economies as a whole.

(OCR, Summer 2002)

Comment upon the economic consequences for eurozone member states of the euro's depreciation against the US dollar.

(OCR, Summer 2002)

Assess the costs and benefits for East European economies of joining the EU.

(OCR, January 2002)