Consider a firm that is a monopolist in its output market and a monopsonist in the market for labor, the only input, The elasticity of demand for a firms good is -2 and the elasticity of supply for labor 4. Then, the revenue marginal product of labour exceeds the wages by 25 (insert a number) percent. At the monopoly outcome, the consumers willingness-to-pay for additional output exceeds the marginal cost of production by 100 (insert a number) percent.

Consider a firm that is a monopolist in its output market and a monopsonist in the market for labor, the only input, The elasticity of demand for a firms good is -2 and the elasticity of supply for labor 4. Then, the revenue marginal product of labour exceeds the wages by 25 (insert a number) percent. At the monopoly outcome, the consumers willingness-to-pay for additional output exceeds the marginal cost of production by 100 (insert a number) percent.

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Chapter9: Monopoly

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