As Part of Its Proposal to Win the 2012 Olympics,London

question 292

Multiple Choice

As part of its proposal to win the 2012 Olympics,London developed a carbon offset plan to reduce the Games' impact on the environment.In 2011,the organizers decided to drop this plan to reduce emissions.We can conclude that

• A) the marginal cost of reducing emissions exceeded the marginal benefits of reducing emissions.
• B) the organizers are not making a rational decision.
• C) the organizers are ignoring a sunk cost.
• D) there are no incentives to reduce carbon emissions.
• E) it is difficult to calculate the cost of reducing emissions.

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