A monopsonist faces an upward-sloping labor supply curve. This means that his marginal expenditures on labor are
A) greater than the wage.
B) equal to the wage plus the increase in the wage resulting from hiring one more unit of labor hired.
C) greater than the wage because hiring more workers requires to pay all workers more.
D) All of the above.
D
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Which of the following statements regarding the agricultural industry is correct?
A) Economies of scale and consolidation have significantly reduced the degree of competition in the industry. B) Corporate farms now control more than 50 percent of the market for each of the major crops. C) The largest 5 percent of growers of any particular product are characterized by a small number of interdependent producers. D) Although farming has become increasingly concentrated over the last 70 years, it is still a highly competitive industry.
Allocative efficiency occurs when
a. output is produced at minimum average cost b. the marginal benefit, that consumers attach to the final unit purchased, just equals the opportunity cost of the resources employed to produce that unit. c. new firms enter a perfectly competitive market d. the marginal benefit consumers attach to products purchased is maximized e. goods and services are sold in an English style auction market