Specification point 3.4.6 · Theme 3

Monopsony

Market structures · Business behaviour and the labour market

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Context‘Amazon.com, the giant online retailer, has too much power.’ It uses its market power to put a squeeze on publishers, in effect driving down the prices it pays for books. If a publisher refuses, Amazon may take action by ‘delaying their delivery, raising their prices, and steering customers to other publishers’.

Evaluate the likely costs of a monopsony operating in a market such as book retailing.

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Case study · Supermarket price war, food waste and possible mergers

With reference to Figure 2 and Extract A, discuss the possible impact of supermarket monopsony power on both food suppliers and consumers.

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Case study · Supermarket price war, food waste and possible mergers

Examine measures the government might use to restrict the monopsony power of supermarkets.

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