What do you understand by the term monopsony?
What do you understand by the term monopsony?
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Sanjeev
In economics, a monopsony (from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) “single” + ὀψωνία (opsōnía) “purchase”) is a market structure in which a single buyer substantially controls the market as the major purchaser of goods and services offered by many would-be sellers.
Charu
A monopsony occurs when a firm has market power in employing factors of production (e.g. labour). A monopsony means there is one buyer and many sellers. It often refers to a monopsony employer – who has market power in hiring workers. This is a similar concept to monopoly where there is one seller and many buyers.