While Pollution Regulations Yield the Benefit of a Cleaner Environment

question 78

Multiple Choice

While pollution regulations yield the benefit of a cleaner environment and the improved health that comes with it, the regulations come at the cost of reducing the incomes of the regulated firms' owners, workers, and customers. This statement illustrates the principle that

• A)trade can make everyone better off.
• B)rational people think at the margin.
• C)people face tradeoffs.
• D)people respond to incentives.

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Definitions:

Rooting Reflex

An innate reflex in newborns that causes them to turn their head toward a touch on their cheek, facilitating breastfeeding.

Critical Period

A specific timeframe in the development of an organism during which it is particularly sensitive to certain environmental stimuli, with long-lasting effects on future development.

Environmental Influences

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Sensitive Period

A point in development when organisms are particularly susceptible to certain kinds of stimuli in their environments, but the absence of those stimuli does not always produce irreversible consequences.