There Are Two Coal-Burning Electrical Utilities-One in Tiny, Rural Wanunu

question 278

Multiple Choice

There are two coal-burning electrical utilities-one in tiny, rural Wanunu, Montana, and another in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan-and each produces the same amount of pollution per unit of output. If a permit tax is going to be used to force these firms to internalize pollution costs, the tax levied should be

• A) the same in each city.
• B) higher in Wanunu than in Detroit.
• C) higher in Detroit than in Wanunu.
• D) less than zero in each city.

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A negatively charged ion (anion) that consists of a carbon atom having a pair of non-bonded electrons.