IB Economics SL Extended Essay Example

You state a clear, focused research question and keep returning to it throughout the investigation.

You communicate a strong Economics topic with a clear country, policy area, and time frame.

You select a generally relevant mix of primary and secondary methods, including your own survey and official statistics.

Your method would be stronger if you explained your sampling and survey design in more detail.

The wording of the question is slightly broader than the evidence you actually analyze.

Some of the source selection could be more tightly justified, especially where local news is used for quantitative claims.

You show secure understanding of key Economics ideas such as negative externalities, indirect taxation, affordability, and price elasticity.

You use terminology mostly accurately and in ways that fit the topic.

You connect theory to the Kazakhstan context in a way that makes the essay relevant and coherent.

Some important concepts need more precision, especially around internalization and the difference between reducing consumption and reducing external costs.

A few factual and causal claims are stated too strongly for the evidence provided.

Some source application is weakened by limited scrutiny of whether different data points are measuring the same thing.