2. Country X has carbon emission of 5000 units per year. The country is involved with Paris Agreement and will strive to reduce the emission of pollutants by 80%. The country has decided that the appropriate strategy is a permit system. (These problems are all sequential) a. How many permits should the government provide? 1000 permits b. How many pollutants should be cleaned up every year? 4000 units C. Assume that the marginal benefit of abatement and the marginal cost is as followed: MBAbatement 500 – 0.5QAbatement
2. Country X has carbon emission of 5000 units per year. The country is involved with Paris Agreement and will strive to reduce the emission of pollutants by 80%. The country has decided that the appropriate strategy is a permit system. (These problems are all sequential) a. How many permits should the government provide? 1000 permits b. How many pollutants should be cleaned up every year? 4000 units C. Assume that the marginal benefit of abatement and the marginal cost is as followed: MBAbatement 500 – 0.5QAbatement
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Transcribed Image Text:2. Country X has carbon emission of 5000 units per year. The country is involved with Paris Agreement
and will strive to reduce the emission of pollutants by 80%. The country has decided that the
appropriate strategy is a permit system. (These problems are all sequential)
How many permits should the government provide?
1000 permits
a.
b. How many pollutants should be cleaned up every year?
4000 units
Assume that the marginal benefit of abatement and the marginal cost is as followed:
с.
MBAbatement
500 – 0.5QAbatement
MCAbatement
2QAbatement
Find the total cost of abatement that would be done due to the permit system!
16,000,000 units
d. In terms of welfare, do you think this policy is efficient?
No
e. How many permits should be provided by the government to be efficient?
4800 permits
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