According to research by Bertrand and Mullainathan, which job applicants, those with "white" names or those with "black" names, received more calls from interested employers? What percent more?


white, 50%

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A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; increase D) decrease; decrease E) increase; not change

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Common resources are those that are:

a. excludable and rivalrous. b. excludable and nonrivalrous. c. nonexcludable and nonrivalrous. d. nonexcludable and rivalrous.

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Economists play an important role in the complex debates over tax policy by

a. identifying efficiency as the most important goal of tax policy. b. identifying equity as the most important goal of tax policy. c. shedding light on the tradeoff between efficiency and equity in tax policy. d. None of the above is correct.

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Other things equal, if the wage rates paid to a firm's labor inputs were to rise, we would expect the:

A. AFC, AVC, ATC, and MC curves all to rise. B. AVC, ATC, and MC curves all to rise. C. AFC and ATC curves to fall. D. MP curve to fall.

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