Question: Question 1 (1 point) If I regress win % on a team's field goal percentage (FG%), average opponent FG%, and the team's offensive rebounds per

Question 1 (1 point)

If I regress win % on a team's field goal percentage (FG%), average opponent FG%, and the team's offensive rebounds per game using a sample of NBA team-seasons, which of the following statements is correct?

Question 1 options:

(a). The coefficient on offensive rebounds will be insignificant because offensive rebounds aren't very important in basketball at the NBA level

(b). The coefficient on offensive rebounds will be significant because, holding constant FG%, the team that rebounds more of its misses typically gets more shots in a game.

(c). The coefficient on offensive rebounds will be insignificant because, holding constant the FG% by the team and its opponents, getting one additional offensive rebound doesn't matter to the outcome of a game.

(d) The coefficient on offensive rebounds will be significant because put-backs from offensive rebounds are high % shots and therefore they generally increase a team's FG%.

Question 2 (2 points)

Becker's model of discrimination suggests that perfectly free markets should eliminate discriminatory pay gaps over time because:

Question 2 options:

(a). Discriminatory pay gaps are inherently unstable since even one unbiased employer wrecks the discriminatory equilibrium in which those pay gaps exist.

(b). Legal changes that affect hiring, like the Civil Rights Act, usually work to destabilize discriminatory employment equilibria over time in societies that consider discrimination a problem.

(c). Non-discriminating employers can make large profits by hiring mainly from groups that face discrimination and paying them above the wage they get in the discriminatory equilibrium but less than their true MRPs.

(a) and (b)

(a) and (c)

(b) and (c)

Question 3 (1 point)

True or false: sports economists have found strong evidence of salary discrimination against Black players in the current NBA.

Question 3 options:

True
False

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