The Marginal Abatement Costs (MAC) for Stark and York Paper

question 51

Multiple Choice

The marginal abatement costs (MAC) for Stark and York Paper are MAC_s = 0.2e_s and MAC_Y = 0.25e_Y, where e_s and e_Y represent the amount of emissions cut by each company. The lowest cost approach to reducing 90 units of emission is for Stark to reduce its emissions by _____ units and York to reduce its emissions by _____ units.

• A) 45; 45
• B) 50; 40
• C) 30; 60
• D) 60; 30

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