Complete the following table by computing the total profit (the chemical plant's economic profit and the hiking lodge's economic profit combined) with and without recycling. Profit Chemical Plant Hiking Lodge Total Action (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars) No Recycling 2,000 1,000 Recycling 1,500 1,800 Total economic profit is highest when the recycling production method is When the chemical plant uses the recycling method, the hiking lodge earns $1,800 – $1,000 = $800 more per week than it does with no recycling. Therefore, the hiking lodge should be willing to pay up to $800 per week for the chemical plant to recycle water. However, the recycling method decreases the chemical plant's economic profit by $2,000 – $1,500 = $500 per week. Therefore, the chemical plant should be willing to use the recycling method if it is compensated with at least $500 per week. Suppose the hiking lodge has the property rights to the lake. That is, the hiking lodge has the right to a clean (unpolluted) lake. In this case, assuming the two firms can bargain at no cost, the chemical plant will the recycling method and will pay the hiking lodge per week. Now, suppose the chemical plant has the property rights to the lake, including the right to pollute it. In this case, assuming the two firms can bargain at no cost, the chemical plant will v the recycling method, and the hiking lodge will pay the chemical plant per week. The hiking lodge will make the most economic profit when True or False: The lake will remain polluted, regardless of who has the property rights. True False
Complete the following table by computing the total profit (the chemical plant's economic profit and the hiking lodge's economic profit combined) with and without recycling. Profit Chemical Plant Hiking Lodge Total Action (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars) No Recycling 2,000 1,000 Recycling 1,500 1,800 Total economic profit is highest when the recycling production method is When the chemical plant uses the recycling method, the hiking lodge earns $1,800 – $1,000 = $800 more per week than it does with no recycling. Therefore, the hiking lodge should be willing to pay up to $800 per week for the chemical plant to recycle water. However, the recycling method decreases the chemical plant's economic profit by $2,000 – $1,500 = $500 per week. Therefore, the chemical plant should be willing to use the recycling method if it is compensated with at least $500 per week. Suppose the hiking lodge has the property rights to the lake. That is, the hiking lodge has the right to a clean (unpolluted) lake. In this case, assuming the two firms can bargain at no cost, the chemical plant will the recycling method and will pay the hiking lodge per week. Now, suppose the chemical plant has the property rights to the lake, including the right to pollute it. In this case, assuming the two firms can bargain at no cost, the chemical plant will v the recycling method, and the hiking lodge will pay the chemical plant per week. The hiking lodge will make the most economic profit when True or False: The lake will remain polluted, regardless of who has the property rights. True False
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider a lake found in the village of Sturbridge, and then answer the questions that follow.
The village has a hiking lodge whose visitors use the lake for
recreation. The village also has a chemical plant that dumps
industrial waste into the lake. This pollutes the lake and
makes it a less desirable vacation destination. That is, the
chemical plant's waste decreases the hiking lodge's economic
profit.
Suppose that the chemical plant could use a different production method that involves recycling water. This would reduce the pollution in the lake to
levels safe for recreation, and the hiking lodge would no longer be affected. If the chemical plant uses the recycling method, then the chemical plant
economic profit is $1,500 per week, and the hiking lodge's economic profit is $1,800 per week. If the chemical plant does not use the recycling
method, then the chemical plant's economic profit is $2,000 per week, and the hiking lodge's economic profit is $1,000 per week. These figures are
summarized in the following table.

Transcribed Image Text:Complete the following table by computing the total profit (the chemical plant's economic profit and the hiking lodge's economic profit combined) with
and without recycling.
Profit
Chemical Plant
Hiking Lodge
Total
Action
(Dollars)
(Dollars)
(Dollars)
No Recycling
2,000
1,000
Recycling
1,500
1,800
Total economic profit is highest when the recycling production method is
When the chemical plant uses the recycling method, the hiking lodge earns $1,800 – $1,000 = $800 more per week than it does with no recycling.
Therefore, the hiking lodge should be willing to pay up to $800 per week for the chemical plant to recycle water. However, the recycling method
decreases the chemical plant's economic profit by $2,000 – $1,500 = $500 per week. Therefore, the chemical plant should be willing to use the
recycling method if it is compensated with at least $500 per week.
Suppose the hiking lodge has the property rights to the lake. That is, the hiking lodge has the right to a clean (unpolluted) lake. In this case, assuming
the two firms can bargain at no cost, the chemical plant will
the recycling method and will pay the hiking lodge
per week.
Now, suppose the chemical plant has the property rights to the lake, including the right to pollute it. In this case, assuming the two firms can bargain
at no cost, the chemical plant will
the recycling method, and the hiking lodge will pay the chemical plant
per week.
The hiking lodge will make the most economic profit when
True or False: The lake will remain polluted, regardless of who has the property rights.
True
False
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