Regulation Versus Tradable Permits Determine the total cost of eliminating six units of pollution using both methods, and enter the amounts in the following table. (Hint: You might need to get information from previous tasks to complete this table.) Proposed Method Total Cost of Eliminating Six Units of Pollution (Dollars) Regulation ?? Tradable Permits ?? In this case, you can conclude that eliminating pollution is ___ costly to society when the government distributes tradable permits than when it regulates each firm to eliminate a certain amount of pollution.

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