In order to hire an additional worker, a monopsony must pay
A) a higher wage rate than it paid before.
B) the same wage rate it paid before.
C) a lower wage rate than it paid before.
D) a wage rate that is sometimes higher, sometimes lower, and sometimes the same as before, depending on the elasticity of the supply of labor.
A
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Suppose that under its collective bargaining agreement the XYZ Corp can hire nonunion workers, but these workers must join the union within 60 days. This agreement is an example of
A) an open shop. B) a closed shop. C) a company union. D) a union shop.
Which will NOT affect the elasticity of demand for labor?
A) the labor intensity of the production process B) the elasticity of supply for labor C) the elasticity of demand for the good D) the substitutability of capital for labor
In the former Soviet economy, the supreme planning board that transmitted economic decisions down to producing and consuming units was called the:
a. Soviet Ministry. b. Polit Bureau. c. Gosplan. d. Soviet Central Committee for Economic Planning.