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Labor Market Monopsony
Orley C. Ashenfelter
, Princeton University
Henry Farber
, and Princeton University
Michael R Ransom
Brigham Young University
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Labor Market Monopsony
Volume 28, Number 2April 2010Modern Models of Monopsony in Labor Markets: Tests and Estimates. Papers from a Conference Held in Sundance, Utah, November 2008, Organized by Orley Ashenfelter, Henry Farber, and Michael Ransom. Alan Manning, Editor. Sponsored by Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University.
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