Once Tradable Pollution Permits Have Been Allocated to Firms

question 43

Multiple Choice

Once tradable pollution permits have been allocated to firms,

• A)the government controls the price of permits.
• B)firms that can reduce pollution only at high cost will be willing to pay the most for the pollution permits.
• C)the value of pollution-saving technology will be lower than the market value of a pollution permit.
• D)the Coase theorem is no longer applicable as a solution to reducing pollution.

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Definitions:

Noncooperative Games

Games in which players make decisions independently, without collaboration or negotiation, often seeking to maximize their own payoff.

Prisoners' Dilemma

A scenario in game theory where individuals acting in their own self-interest pursue a course of action that does not result in the optimal outcome for the group.

Cooperative Games

Games in which participants work together to achieve a common goal or derive mutual benefits.

Stackelberg

A model of a market in which one leader firm sets its output first, and then other firms follow, adjusting their outputs accordingly, in strategic game theory.