Under What Conditions Might One Expect Wages to Be Above

question 4

Multiple Choice

Under what conditions might one expect wages to be above the prevailing competitive levels?

• A) in cases in which the employer is a monopolist, an oligopolist, or a monopolistic competitor in the output market
• B) only in cases in which the employer has market power in the labour market
• C) only in cases in which the employer has market power in the product market
• D) only in the case where a union exists
• E) only in the case where the employer is a monopolist in the product market

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