Consider the following graph that shows the marginal abatement cost (MAC) curve for a coal power plan for reducing local air pollution and the marginal damage (MD) curve for those living around the coal power plant. MD (E) MAC (E Emissions E-0 EI E-Max AMax A-0 Or Abatement What are the total abatement costs at E' (enter your answer with the letters and "+" signs as "a+b+c+d+e+f", without the quotation marks What are the total abatement costs at E-0 (enter your answer with the letters and signs as as "a+b+c+d+e+f% without the quotation marks If the property rights were with the coal power plant how much Emissions would we see? (enter one of the following, "E-0", "E", "E1", "E-Max") how much Emissions would we see?
Consider the following graph that shows the marginal abatement cost (MAC) curve for a coal power plan for reducing local air pollution and the marginal damage (MD) curve for those living around the coal power plant. MD (E) MAC (E Emissions E-0 EI E-Max AMax A-0 Or Abatement What are the total abatement costs at E' (enter your answer with the letters and "+" signs as "a+b+c+d+e+f", without the quotation marks What are the total abatement costs at E-0 (enter your answer with the letters and signs as as "a+b+c+d+e+f% without the quotation marks If the property rights were with the coal power plant how much Emissions would we see? (enter one of the following, "E-0", "E", "E1", "E-Max") how much Emissions would we see?
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following graph that shows the marginal abatement cost (MAC) curve
for a coal power plan for reducing local air pollution and the marginal damage (MD)
curve for those living around the coal power plant.
MD (E)
MAC (E
b.
Emissions
E-0
E
EL
E-Max
AMax
Or Abatement
E
A-0
What are the total abatement costs at E' (enter your answer with the letters and "+"
signs as "a+b+c+d+e+f", without the quotation marks.
What are the total abatement costs at E-0 (enter your answer with the letters and
"+" signs as as "a+b+c+d+c+f", without the quotation marks.
If the property rights were with the coal power plant how much Emissions would we
see? (enter one of the following, "E-0", "E", "E1", "E-Max")
If the property rights were with the people how much Emissions would we see?
(enter one of the following. "E-0", "E", "E1 "E-Max")
What is the socially optimal level of emissions (choose from one of the following and
enter as written without the quotation marks, "E-0". "E"E1 "E-Max").
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