The four categories present potential responses to environmental problems. Place each response in the category that best matches it. It is possible that a category may end up with more than one scenario or none at all. Command‑and‑control regulation (e.g., environmental standards) Marketable or tradable pollution permits (e.g., cap‑and‑trade) Pollution or emissions tax Well‑defined property rights         The government requires that auto manufacturers limit pollution to a specified threshold. An auto manufacture is charged a fee per unit of pollution emitted into a river. Auto manufactures are allowed to pollute as much as they wish, provided that they have purchased a sufficient number of pollution vouchers. The government requires that auto manufacturers use new, cleaner technology in producing cars. A steel mill pays nearby homeowners to compensate them for the noise they must put up with as a result of the steel manufacturing process.

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The four categories present potential responses to environmental problems. Place each response in the category that best matches it. It is possible that a category may end up with more than one scenario or none at all.

Command‑and‑control regulation (e.g., environmental standards) Marketable or tradable pollution permits (e.g., cap‑and‑trade) Pollution or emissions tax Well‑defined property rights
       
  • The government requires that auto manufacturers limit pollution to a specified threshold.
  • An auto manufacture is charged a fee per unit of pollution emitted into a river.
  • Auto manufactures are allowed to pollute as much as they wish, provided that they have purchased a sufficient number of pollution vouchers.
  • The government requires that auto manufacturers use new, cleaner technology in producing cars.
  • A steel mill pays nearby homeowners to compensate them for the noise they must put up with as a result of the steel manufacturing process.
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