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Question
A holiday resort in a remote village is very popular among the tourists. Since the connectivity is very poor with the outer world, the owner employs the local villagers for the functioning of the resort.
This is a case of:
Options
Perfect competition
Monopoly
Monospony
Monopolistic competition
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Solution
Monospony
Explanation:
This is an example of a monopsony, where there is only one buyer of labour (the resort owner) and numerous sellers of labour (local people). Because the people have few other employment options, the resort owner holds considerable authority over wages and working conditions.
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