If Emissions Permits Are Traded Freely Between Profit-Maximizing Firms in the Private

question 125

Multiple Choice

If emissions permits are traded freely between profit-maximizing firms in the private market,

• A)there will be more than the optimal amount of pollution.
• B)the amount of pollution abatement will be identical to that which the firms would have willingly undertaken on their own.
• C)each firm will face identical costs of pollution abatement.
• D)all firms will use identical pollution abatement technologies.
• E)marginal abatement costs will be equalized across firms.

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