Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Long-run costs and economies of scale

Long-run costs and economies of scale — practice question

A firm’s employees become members of a trade union that bargains for a rise in the workers’ wage rate. The higher wage rate leads to a rise in the number employed by the firm. What could account for this?

  • AThe demand for the firm’s product is price-elastic.
  • BThe firm is a monopsonist within its local labour market.
  • CThe firm operates in a perfectly competitive labour market.
  • DThere is a high degree of substitutability between capital and labour.

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