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12. ________________is the name given to active efforts by government or businesses that give special rights to minorities in hiring and promotion to make up for past discrimination.

a. Affirmative action

b. Promotive action

c. Positive discrimination

d. Affirmative discrimination

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One of the main differences between how Political Economists view discrimination compared to Neo-classical economists is that.

  A.

Neo-classical Economists believe that discrimination can be persistent and sustained, while Political economists believe that it will only be sustained in a non-competitive market.
  B.

Neoclassical Economists and Political Economists both agree entirely on all aspects of discrimination and recommend government action to eliminate the problem.
  C.

Political Economists believe that discrimination is an individual problem, while Neo-classical Economists believe it is a group or social problem.
  D.

Political Economists believe that discrimination is persistent and sustained, while Neoclassical Economists believe that it will only be persistent in a non-competitive market.

Question 1:

Economic discrimination puts the economy inside its production possibilities curve because discrimination:

promotes present consumption rather than production of capital goods.
often causes inflation, which reduces the nation's real output.
redistributes income from low-paid to high-paid persons.
arbitrarily blocks women and certain minorities from higher-productivity, higher wage jobs and thus keeps the economy from producing its maximum output.

Question 2:

Economic discrimination:

affects the distribution of domestic output and income, but not its total size.
places the economy at some point inside of its production possibilities curve.
affects the total size of domestic output and income, but not its distribution.
is shown as some point outside of an economy's production possibilities curve.

Question 3:

Labor market discrimination creates a:

larger domestic output but no redistribution.
redistribution of a smaller domestic output.
redistribution of a larger domestic output.
smaller domestic output but no redistribution.

Question 4:

An increase in the collective discrimination coefficients of employers will:

reduce the African-American wage rate, increase African-American employment, and lower the actual African-American-white wage ratio.
reduce the African-American wage rate, decrease African-American employment, and lower the actual African-American-white wage ratio.
increase the African-American wage rate, reduce African-American employment, and increase the actual African-American-white wage ratio.
increase the African-American wage rate, increase African-American employment, and increase the actual African-American-white wage ratio.

Question 5:

A reduction in the collective discrimination coefficients of employers will:

reduce the African-American wage rate, increase African-American employment, and lower the actual African-American-white wage ratio.
reduce the African-American wage rate, decrease African-American employment, and lower the actual African-American-white wage ratio.
increase the African-American wage rate, reduce African-American employment, and increase the actual African-American-white wage ratio.
increase the African-American wage rate, increase African-American employment, and increase the actual African-American-white wage ratio.

Question 6:

In the taste-for-discrimination model:

women and minorities are confined to a limited number of occupations.
white employers behave as if employing African-American workers adds to costs.
individual workers are judged by the characteristics of the groups to which they belong.
prejudiced white employers will never hire African-American workers.

Question 7:

Which of the following employers is the most prejudiced? Employer:

C whose d is $4.
A whose d is $0.
D whose d is $6.
B whose d is $2.

Question 8:

An implication of the taste-for-discrimination model is that:

other things equal, nondiscriminating firms will have lower production costs than discriminating firms.
discrimination will move a firm along its declining average total cost curve.
discrimination can lower a firm's production costs.
other things equal, discriminating firms will have lower production costs than nondiscriminating firms.

Question 9:

An employer is prejudiced, prefers to hire white rather than African-American workers, and is willing to pay higher wages to obtain white workers. This illustrates:

the crowding model.
statistical discrimination.
the taste-for-discrimination model.
reverse discrimination.

Question 10:

Empirical studies generally find that the estimated discrimination coefficient is larger in southern versus northern states. True or False: presuming that the wage differential is due to employer discrimination, this necessarily implies that there are more discriminating employers in the South than there are in the North.

1) When a utility charges homeowners less on a per-unit basis than corporate users it is practicing:

a) first-degree price discrimination

b) second-degree price discrimination

c) third-degree price discrimination

d) markup pricing

e) tying

2) when an electrical utility charges higher prices during the day than at night it is practicing:

a) peak-load pricing

b) first-degree price discrimination

c) second-degree price discrimination

d) third-degree price discrimination

e) fourth-degree price discrimination

3) Gliberace's Fashion Accessories of Las Vegas produces gemstone-encrusted formal wear for sale in Los Angeles and San Francisco subject to total cost TC = 100 + 5(QLA + QSF). Demand for Gliberace's stones in the two cities is given by QLA = 70 - 2PLA and QSF = 55 - PSF. If Gliberace price discriminates between the two cities, how many stones will it sell in L?

a) 30

b) 36

c) 38

d) 43

e) 48

4) Game theory is useful for understanding oligopoly behavior because:

a) there are so many firms in an oligopoly that all are price takers

b) firms must differentiate their products if they are to remain in business

c) firms recognize that because there are only a few firms mutual interdependence is important

d) without it firms would not be able to maintain cartel agreements

e) it allows firms to develop greater monopoly power

5) A feasible strategy set is:

a) all actions with a nonzero probability of occurring

b) only actions that have a 50 percent or greater probability of occurring

c) actions that result in positive profits for the firm

d) actions hat a decision-maker is willing to take

e) the outcome that the decision-maker chooses

6) In a two-player game in which each player has four options how many outcomes can there be:

a) 1

b) 4

c) 8

d) 16

e) 64

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