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factor markets

factor markets is the plural of factor market.

Meaning of factor market

Noun

factor market (plural factor markets)

  1. The system or infrastructure for economic exchange within which factors of production (such as labor, materials, or capital) are purchased or sold.
    • The instance of a few buyers and many sellers in the factor market with many buyers and sellers in the product market is typified by the classic cases of unorganized wage-earners in company towns, for instance, textile and coal.1942, John T. Dunlop and Benjamin Higgins, "“Bargaining Power” and Market Structures," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 50, no. 1 (Feb.), p. 24

Questions about factor markets

What is factor markets the plural of?
Factor markets is the plural of factor market.

Words near factor markets in the dictionary

  1. factor ideals
  2. factor II
  3. factor in
  4. factor IX
  5. factor market
  6. factor markets
  7. factor of production
  8. factor out
  9. factor ring
  10. factor rings
  11. factor space

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