In the Presence of Discrimination by Customers

question 185

Multiple Choice

In the presence of discrimination by customers,

• A)market forces nevertheless always work to prevent discriminatory wage differentials.
• B)discriminatory wage differentials can exist, but only if firms refrain from maximizing their profits.
• C)discriminatory wage differentials can exist, but only if government reinforces customers' practices by passing laws that mandate discrimination.
• D)discriminatory wage differentials can exist, even in the absence of discriminatory practices by firms or by government.

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Definitions:

Ecosystem Function

The collective biological, geochemical, and physical processes within an ecosystem, which support and regulate the flux of energy and matter.

Top-down Processes

Cognitive processes that are guided by higher-level mental processes, such as experience, expectations, and motivations.

Food Webs

Complex diagrams that show the feeding relationships among species within a community, highlighting who eats whom and the transfer of energy through the ecosystem.

Keystone Species

A species that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in the ecosystem and helping to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community.