Moral Objections to the Use of Effluent Subsidies to Help

question 25

Multiple Choice

Moral objections to the use of effluent subsidies to help firms reduce their emissions arise from the idea that .

• A)the polluter should pay
• B)subsidies are politically unpalatable
• C)subsidies can never be cost-effective
• D)effluent taxes work better than subsidies

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