Use the Labor Demand Data on the Left and the Labor

question 121

Multiple Choice

Use the labor demand data on the left and the labor supply data on the right in answering the following question: $\begin{array}{c}\underline{\text { Labor Demand Data }}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\underline{\text { Labor Supply Data }}\\\begin{array}{c}\\\underline{\text {Employment}}\\0\\1\\2\\3\\4\\5\\6\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text {Marginal}\\\underline{\text {Product}}\\0\\14\\12\\9\\7\\4\\2\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text { Product }\\\underline{\text { Price } }\\\$ 3 \\3 \\3 \\3 \\3 \\3 \\3 \end{array}\begin{array}{c}\\\underline{\text {Employment}}\\0\\1\\2\\3\\4\\5\\6 \end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text { Wage}\\\underline{\text { Rate }} \\ \$ 11 \\11 \\11 \\11 \\11 \\11 \\11\end{array}\end{array}$

Refer to the given data.The firm is hiring labor:

• A) at a wage rate that exceeds labor's MRP.
• B) under purely competitive conditions.
• C) in an imperfectly competitive market.
• D) as a monopsonist.

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