Microeconomics
Microeconomics
Using the following data, prove that pollution permits that can be bought and sold can reduce pollution from 12 tons to 6 tons at a lower cost than a regulation which specifies that each of the three firms must cut its pollution in half.
Prove that, by selling and buying pollution permit can reduce half ton pollution.
Table 1 shows the cost of eliminating pollution for Firm X, Y and X.
| Â | Firm X | Firm Y |
Firm Z |
| First ton of pollution | $200 | $500 | $1,000 |
| Second ton of pollution | 300 | 700 | 2,000 |
| Third ton of pollution | 400 | 800 | 2,900 |
| Fourth ton of pollution | 500 | 900 | 3,400 |
The maximum cost decrease due to eliminating third and fourth ton of pollution is calculated as follows.
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