-Refer to the Above Figure

question 284

Multiple Choice

-Refer to the above figure. Suppose the marginal benefit and the marginal cost curves of pollution abatement are normally shaped. Technological change that made it easier to produce in a "cleaner" fashion would cause

• A) curve (4) to shift out, increasing the optimal amount of pollution abatement.
• B) curve (3) to shift up, raising the marginal benefits and costs and reducing the amount of pollution abatement.
• C) curve (2) to shift out, increasing the optimal amount of pollution abatement.
• D) curve (1) to shift out, increasing the optimal amount of pollution abatement.

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