31 Refer to the Following Diagram, in Which Waa/Ww Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

31 refer to the following diagram, in which Waa/Ww is the ratio of the African American wage rate to the white wage rate:
-The demand curve in the diagram eventually slopes downward because:

• A)as the African American-white wage ratio falls,more firms find it "too costly" to indulge their tastes for discrimination
• B)as the African American-white wage ratio rises,more firms find it "too costly" to indulge their tastes for discrimination
• C)as the African American-white wage ratio falls,firms will raise their discrimination coefficients
• D)as the African American-white wage ratio falls,firms will reduce their discrimination coefficients

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