Exploring Monopsony


3. The first two columns in table below show a firm's supply curve for labor. Use them to compute the marginal resource cost column.

  Wage  
# of Workers
Marginal Resource Cost
Marginal Revenue Product
$10
1
 
$17
$11
2
 
$15
$12
3
 
$13
$13
4
 
$11

What is the profit-maximizing number of workers to hire? What wage will the firm pay?
Suppose a union negotiates a wage rate of $12.50. How many workers will the firm hire?
Suppose a union negotiates a wage rate of $15.50. How many workers will the firm hire?


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