Unit 5 - Factor Markets Guide

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Factor markets

is a resource for companies to buy what the need to produce their goods and services.

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Monopsonies

pay a lower wage and hire less than perfect competition.

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Equilibrium wage

in the market: establishes the wage that firms will pay workers.

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Least cost rule

marginal product of labor /price of labor= marginal product of capital /price of capital (MPL /PL= MPK /PK)

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Factor markets

is a resource for companies to buy what the need to produce their goods and services

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Derived demand

the demand from a resource is derived by product demand

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Marginal revenue product (MRP)

the additional revenue that is generated by an additional resource/worker

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Marginal factor cost (MFC)

the additional cost of an additional resource/worker

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Least cost rule

marginal product of labor/price of labor = marginal product of capital/price of capital (MPL/PL=MPK/PK)

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Market curve

standard supply and demand curve

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Equilibrium wage in the market

establishes the wage that firms will pay workers

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Determinants of Labor Demands (DL)

1. Productivity of the Resource

2. Price of Other resources

3. Product demand

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Determinants of Labor Supply (SL)

1. Personal values

2. Intervention by Government

3. Number of Qualified workers

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Why are the determinants of Supply and Demand Important

These factors determine the supply and demand of these quantities

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Monopsonistic Markets

Many sellers, one buyer

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Example of Imperfect Competition

Monopsonies which pay a lower wage and hire less than perfect competition

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