中三至中六 B-Class 課程

Micro Topics微觀課題

• Production and factors of production生產與生產要素
• Division of labour分工
• Payment method of labour勞工支付方式
• Law of diminishing marginal returns 邊際回報遞減定律
• Profit maximization and output determination利潤極大化與決定產出
• Economies and diseconomies of scale規模經濟與規模負經濟
• Expansion of firms廠商擴張

Basic Concepts 基本概念

• Basic concepts: scarcity & competition, economic & free goods, public good基本概念：缺乏與競爭、經濟物品與免費物品、共用品
• Interest利息
• Economic system & private property rights經濟制度與私有產權

Equity 公平

• Measuring income inequality: income distribution, Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient量度收人不均：收人分配、洛倫茨曲線及堅尼系數
• Sources of income inequality收人不均的緣由
• Policy concerns: Equalizing income or equalizing opportunities, disincentive effects of taxes and transfers, trade-off between equity and efficiency政策考慮：收入均等化或機會均等化、稅項及轉移的抑制作用、公平與效率之間的取捨

Expansion of Firms, Forms of Business Ownership, & Market Structure 廠商擴張、企業擁有權形式及市場結構

• Expansion of firms廠商擴張
• Forms of business ownership企業擁有欋形式
• Market structure市場結構

I) Efficiency效率

• Conditions for efficiency: 達至效率的條件：
• Maximization of total social surplus; marginal benefit equals marginal cost總社會盈餘極大化；邊際利益等於邊際成本
• Deviations from efficiency: 偏離效率：
• Price ceiling, price floor, tax, subsidy quota and deadweight loss價格上限、價格下限、稅項、津貼及配額與淨損失
• Divergence between private and socialcosts (benefits): 私人代價(利益)和社會代價(利益)的分歧：
• market versus government solutions市場與政府的解決辦法

II) Equity公平

• Measuring income inequality: income distribution, Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient量度收人不均：收人分配、洛倫茨曲線及堅尼系數
• Sources of income inequality收人不均的緣由
• Policy concerns: 政策的考慮：
• Equalizing income or equalizing opportunities, disincentive effects of taxes and transfers, trade-off between equity and efficiency收人均等化或機會均等化、稅項及轉移的抑制作用、公平與效率之間的取捨

III) Measure of Economic Performance經濟表現的量度

1. National Income 國民收入

• Circular flow of economic activities經濟活動的循環流程
• Meaning of gross domestic product (GDP) 本地生產總值的意思
• Three approaches to measure GDP: the production approach, expenditure approach and income approach從三個層面計算本地生產總值：生產面、收人面、支出面
• GDP vs. GNI本地生產總值 vs. 本地居民收人

2. Inflation/deflation, Unemployment and the Business Cycle失業、通脹/通縮及經濟週期

• Measure of the general price level一般物價水平的量度
• Meaning of inflation/deflation通脹/通縮的意思
• Measurement of inflation/deflation通脹/通缩的量度
• Redistributive effects of inflation/deflation通脹/通縮的再分配影響
• GDP at current and constant market prices以當時市價及以固定市價計算的本地生產總值
• Per capita GDP and GDP growth rate人均本地生產總值及本地生產總值增長率
• Limitation of GDP as a measure of welfare以本地生產總值量度福利的限制
• Meaning of unemployment失業的意思
• Measure of unemployment失派的量度
• Cost of unemployment失業的代價
• Underemployment就業不足
• Four phases of the business cycle經濟週期的四個階段

IV) AD-AS model總需求一總供應模型

• Meaning of aggregate demand總需求的意恩
• Why the AD curve is downward sloping為甚麼 AD 曲線向右下傾斜
• Factors affecting the AD curve影響 AD 曲線的因素
• Meaning of aggregate supply總供應的意思
• Why the short-run AS curve is upward sloping為甚麼短期 AS 曲線向右上傾斜
• Factors affecting the short-run AS curve影響短期 AS 曲線的因素
• Why the long-run AS curve is vertical為甚麼長期 AS 曲線是垂直的
• Factors affecting the long-run AS curve影響長期 AS 曲線的因素
• Determination of equilibrium price level and output in the short run決定短期均衡價格水平及座出
• Short run fluctuations in price level and output:changes in AD and/or AS價格水平反產出的短期波動：AD及/或 AS 曲線的轉變
• Determination of equilibrium price level and output in the long run決定長期均衡價格水平及產出
• Changes in the price level and full-employment output in the long run在長期，價格水平與充分就業產出的轉變
• The use of fiscal policy to achieve different objectives, e.g. full employment, stabilization of output or price level etc.使用財政政策達到不同目標，如充分就業、穩定產出或物價水平等。

V) Fiscal Policy財政政策

• Meaning of fiscal policy財政政策的意思
• Principles of taxation課稅的原則
• Direct tax vs. indirect tax直接稅 vs.問接稅
• Progressive, proportional and regressive tax累進稅、比例稅及累退稅
• Other revenues of the government政府的其他收人來源
• Government expenditures政府支出
• Changes in tax system and government expenditure and their effects. 稅制及政府開支的改變及其影響。

Money貨幣

Money & Banking貨幣與銀行

• Meaning and functions of money貨幣的意思和功能
• Properties of money貨幣的特質
• Different forms of money各種形式的貨幣
• Licensed banks, restricted licence banks and deposit-taking companies in HK香港的持牌銀行、有限制牌照銀行和接受存款公司
• Central banking in HK中央銀行功能在香港的運作
• Money supply and its measurement in HK香港的貨幣供應及其計量

Money Market Equilibrium貨幣市場均衡

• Nominal & real rate of return of holding assets持有資產的名義及實質回報率
• Demand for money: transaction & asset demand貨幣需求：交易及資產需求
• The cost & return of holding money持有貨幣的成本與回報
• Determination of equilibrium interest rate決定均衡利率

The Quantity Theory of Money (QTM) 貨幣量理論

• From the equation of exchange to the QTM從交易方程式到貨幣量理論
• Applications of the QTM貨幣量理論的應用

A International Trade國際貿易

• Absolute advantage絕對優勢
• Comparative advantage比較優勢
• Gains from trade貿易得益
• Barriers to trade (e.g. tariff & quota) and their effects貿易障礙（如關稅及配頟）及其影響
• Trade in Hong Kong香港的貿易

B International Finance國際金融

• The meaning of exchange rate匯率的意思
• Changes in exchange rate and the effects on exports and imports匯率轉變及匯率轉變對出口和入口的影響
• Other factors affecting exports and imports影響進出口和入口的其他因素
• Balance of payments accounts國際收支平衡表
• The linked exchange rate system of HK香港聯縏匯率制度

Comprehensive Skill Training：Practice Questions, Mock & More全面應試技巧訓練

從考評局出題者及評核者角度，傅授應付卷一及卷二的思考、答題及取分技巧，全面提升同學的應試能力。本課程附送 Cliff Yeung 親自設計的高質素模擬試卷及模擬試題，並作出精關分析，讓同學找出自己概念或思考上的不足，從而作出針對性改善，為DSE作最後準備。

Exam Tactics for Data-Response Question資料回應題應試策略

自2019起DSE 經濟科考試加入一條全新的 Data-Response Question (DRQ)，本課程將全面解構應付這新設試題的策略，重點如下：

• 從考評局的角度解說DRQ 是如何設計的。
• 講解 essay form 的答題要訣，以及如何滿足這形式的評卷要求。
• 教授如何組織資料和論點，以及如何滿足評卷要求以全取内容分數。
• 教授如何全取有效傳意分數。
• 大量 Cliff Yeung 親自設計的高質練習。