1 Suppose the regulator decide to employ a Command-and-Control scheme, requiring that each firm reduce its emissions in proportion to e. Calculate the aggregate cost of abatement and each firm's emissions level. 2 Now suppose the regulator imposes a Pigouvian tax on each unit of emissions. Calculate the tax required to obtain aggregate emissions of E=300. Calculate each firm's emissions level and the total tax collected. Compare total abatement cost to the result from the question 1.
1 Suppose the regulator decide to employ a Command-and-Control scheme, requiring that each firm reduce its emissions in proportion to e. Calculate the aggregate cost of abatement and each firm's emissions level. 2 Now suppose the regulator imposes a Pigouvian tax on each unit of emissions. Calculate the tax required to obtain aggregate emissions of E=300. Calculate each firm's emissions level and the total tax collected. Compare total abatement cost to the result from the question 1.
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![Three firms in a single industry are the only source, in a given airshed, of emissions of
a uniformly mixed pollutant, say, CO₂. Their emissions levels are currently е₁
=
300,
100, where the subscript denotes firms. The environmental regulator
has decided that emissions should be reduced by half, to E=300. The firms' abatement
cost functions are given by C₁ (a₁) = 0.1a, C₂(a₂) = 0.2a², and C3 (a3) = 0.3a²
respectively. (It is assumed that these functions describe the firms' entire cost structure,
including the cost of producing the optimal level of output given e;.) Enforcement costs
are zero and there is no uncertainty.
1 Suppose the regulator decide to employ a Command-and-Control scheme, requiring
that each firm reduce its emissions in proportion to ej. Calculate the aggregate cost
of abatement and each firm's emissions level.
2 Now suppose the regulator imposes a Pigouvian tax on each unit of emissions.
Calculate the tax required to obtain aggregate emissions of E=300. Calculate each
firm's emissions level and the total tax collected. Compare total abatement cost to the
result from the question 1.
e₂= 200, and e3
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Transcribed Image Text:Three firms in a single industry are the only source, in a given airshed, of emissions of
a uniformly mixed pollutant, say, CO₂. Their emissions levels are currently е₁
=
300,
100, where the subscript denotes firms. The environmental regulator
has decided that emissions should be reduced by half, to E=300. The firms' abatement
cost functions are given by C₁ (a₁) = 0.1a, C₂(a₂) = 0.2a², and C3 (a3) = 0.3a²
respectively. (It is assumed that these functions describe the firms' entire cost structure,
including the cost of producing the optimal level of output given e;.) Enforcement costs
are zero and there is no uncertainty.
1 Suppose the regulator decide to employ a Command-and-Control scheme, requiring
that each firm reduce its emissions in proportion to ej. Calculate the aggregate cost
of abatement and each firm's emissions level.
2 Now suppose the regulator imposes a Pigouvian tax on each unit of emissions.
Calculate the tax required to obtain aggregate emissions of E=300. Calculate each
firm's emissions level and the total tax collected. Compare total abatement cost to the
result from the question 1.
e₂= 200, and e3
=
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