Under ________,Lawmakers Establish Maximum Allowable Amounts of a Pollutant That

question 56

Multiple Choice

Under ________,lawmakers establish maximum allowable amounts of a pollutant that an industry is allowed to emit and distribute individual allowances to all companies in that industry.

• A) sustainable development
• B) cap and trade
• C) ecological barter
• D) environmental control
• E) carbon offset projects

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Definitions:

Debt-Equity Ratio

A gauge that marks the relative positions of debt and equity in the funding of a company's assets.

Dividend Payout Ratio

The portion of earnings a company pays to its shareholders in the form of dividends, expressed as a percentage of the company's total net income.

Retention Ratio

The proportion of net income that is retained by a corporation rather than distributed to its shareholders as dividends.

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profits not distributed to shareholders as dividends and retained for reinvestment or debt repayment.