Chapter 29: Q. 12 (page 666)
What is the amount of monopsonistic exploitation that takes place at the firm examined in Problem ?
Short Answer
The amount of monopsonistic exploitation that takes place at the firm is
Chapter 29: Q. 12 (page 666)
What is the amount of monopsonistic exploitation that takes place at the firm examined in Problem ?
The amount of monopsonistic exploitation that takes place at the firm is
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Suppose that for the firm in Problem , the goods market is perfectly competitive. The market price of the product the firm produces is at each quantity supplied by the firm. What is the amount of labor that this profit-maximizing firm will hire, and what wage rate will it pay?
Why would a perfectly competitive firm be unable to take advantage of a dependence of the marginal product of labor on the level of the wage rate paid by the firm? (Hint: Recall that a firm in a perfectly competitive labor market cannot influence the market clearing and profit-maximizing wage rate.)
Take a look at Figure 29-5. Suppose that the monopsonist is contemplating whether it might consider hiring 7 units of labour per time period. To induce 7 units of labour to be supplied by workers, the firm would have to pay an hourly wage rate of $24 per hour. What would be the marginal factor cost of hiring a 7th unit of labour per time period?
Why could unions' desire to obtain collective bargaining exemptions from minimum wage laws provide evidence that few employers are monopsonists? (Hint: Recall the effects of a minimum wage on the employment level of and wage rate paid by a monopsonist.)
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