If a firm has market power in the output market but buys labor in a competitive market, it will hire the same quantity of labor that a competitive firm will

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

False. Since the firm has market power, it must lower price if it wishes to sell more. It will wish to sell fewer units than a competitive firm, and, therefore, hire less labor than a competitive firm does.

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