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In a study conducted by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullianthan, identical resumes were sent in response to help wanted ads in newspapers, with half of the resumes assigned an African-American-sounding name and half assigned a white-sounding name.
 
  The study found that
  A) employers were 50 percent more likely to interview workers with African-American-sounding names.
  B) employers were equally likely to interview workers with white-sounding names and with African-American-sounding names.
  C) employers were 50 percent more likely to interview workers with white-sounding names.
  D) no employers chose to interview workers with African-American-sounding names.

Question 2

The money supply curve is vertical if
 
  A) the Fed is able to completely determine the money supply.
  B) banks and households determine the money supply.
  C) banks and the Fed jointly determine the money supply.
  D) households and the Fed jointly determine the money supply.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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