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Labor Monopsony and the Limits of the Law

Suresh Naidu and Eric A. Posner
Journal of Human Resources, April 2022, 57 (S) S284-S323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0219-10030R1
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vol. 57 no. S S284-S323
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0219-10030R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received February 1, 2019
  • Accepted September 1, 2020
  • Published online March 21, 2022.

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  1. Suresh Naidu is at Columbia University.
  2. Eric A. Posner is at University of Chicago.
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    • I. Introduction
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    • III. Implications for Antitrust Law
    • IV. An Inventory of Law and Policy Tools for Labor Market Monopsony
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