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Chapter 27, Problem 11QP
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Identify the factors that may lead to the breakup of an employer (monopsony) cartel.
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If few companies had monopsony power couldn't he just go to a different employer?
(a) Explain why we might expect labor demand for a monopolist in the product market to be less elastic than labor demand under perfect competition ?
If an industry is monopolized, then Labour Demand will be below the Labour
Demand under competition, unless the firm is also a monopsonist.
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