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The following companies all manufacture widgets and dump tons of glop into the air. The following companies all manufacture widgets and dump tons of glop into the air.   The government wants to halve total pollution but does not know how much it will cost each company. If the government employs a tradable permit scheme in which it gives the same number of permits to each manufacturer at no cost, the number of permits traded would be ____. A)  50 B)  100 C)  150 D)  200 The government wants to halve total pollution but does not know how much it will cost each company. If the government employs a tradable permit scheme in which it gives the same number of permits to each manufacturer at no cost, the number of permits traded would be ____.


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