Consider a firm that is a monopolist in its output market and a monopsonist in the market for labour, the only input. The elasticity of demand for a firms good is -2 and the elasticity of supply for labor 4. What percentage does the revenue marginal product of labour exceed the wage paid by this firm by?

Consider a firm that is a monopolist in its output market and a monopsonist in the market for labour, the only input. The elasticity of demand for a firms good is -2 and the elasticity of supply for labor 4. What percentage does the revenue marginal product of labour exceed the wage paid by this firm by?

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