Pollution Control Programs Can Lead to an Adverse Redistribution of Income

question 9

Multiple Choice

Pollution control programs can lead to an adverse redistribution of income when

• A) low-income neighborhoods are in close proximity to industrial pollution.
• B) polluting goods and services play a bigger role in the budgets of the poor than of the rich.
• C) such programs result in increased employment opportunities for low-income individuals.
• D) the total cost of such programs is paid almost entirely by upper-income groups.
• E) the social benefits of control programs fall disproportionately on the poor.

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