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1.Which is NOT a proposed reason for the increase in market power in recent decades?

a. An increase in Mergers

b. An increase in new firms in the market

c. Economies of Scale

d. I ncrease in regulation to keep competitors out

2.Which of the following has NOT created significant barriers for African-Americans in the US?

a. The Civil Rights Movement

b. Exclusionary school zones and residential zoning regulations

c. Redlining and mortgage discrimination

d. The system of sharecropping

3.Which best describes redlining?

a. Redlining is when individuals cannot attend a certain school based off where they live

b. Redlining refers to school segregation on the basis of race

c. Redlining was the method used to determine who was eligible for the Harlem Children Zone

d. Redlining was a federally sponsored mapping system which made it very difficult for people in certain areas to access mortgage financing

4.What policy is LEAST effective to alleviate Spatial Mismatch?

a. Reduce international barriers to trade

b. Allow for public housing in high density and high job demand areas

c. Provide timely and adequate transportation between job centers and neighborhoods

d. Reduce lending barriers to allow low-income residents to move to a new house more easily

e. Provide more job opportunities in areas with low-income residents that best match their expertise