A Local Laundry Advertises That the Clothes It Washes Smell

question 24

Multiple Choice

A local laundry advertises that the clothes it washes smell "sunshine fresh" because it line dries everything outside.Then a steel factory moves in next door and emits black smoke which stains the clothes drying at the laundry.According to the Coase theorem,granting the

• A)steel factory the right to pollute would be efficient, but granting the laundry the right to clean air would be equitable.
• B)laundry the right to clean air would be efficient, but granting the steel factory the right to pollute would be equitable.
• C)steel factory the right to pollute has the same effect on equity as granting the laundry the right to clean air.
• D)steel factory the right to pollute has the same effect on efficiency as granting the laundry the right to clean air.

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