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Chapter 14, Problem 6QFR
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The effect on the wages of film stars if all movie studios merged to create a monopsony for film actors.
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small hospital in rural Alaska is a monopsony employer of nurses. The nurses unionize. They have little power at the bargaining table, but they do bargain for a slightly higher wage. What happens to the number of nurses employed? What happens to labor costs and marginal labor costs?
Refer to the graph. Comparing monopsony with pure competition in the sale of output and hiring of labor services, the difference in the wage rate will be:
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The marginal cost of labor (MCL) is equal to what for a firm that operates in a competitive labor market? How does this compare with the MCL for a monopsony.
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