Suppose the total benefit and total costs to society of various levels of pollution reduction are as

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Suppose the total benefit and total costs to society of various levels of pollution reduction are as follows:
Suppose the total benefit and total costs to society of

a. Complete Column (4).
b. Use optimization in levels to show that if the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to maximize total net benefit, then it should require 3 units of pollution reduction.
c. Complete columns (5) and (6).
d. Show that the Principle of Optimization at the Margin would also tell the EPA to require 3 units of reduction.

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-1292079578

Global Edition 1st Edition

Authors: David Laibson, John List

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