Consider two cities, each of which initially experiences 100 tons of pollution per day (50 tons from each polluting firm). City A imposes a pollution tax, resulting in an overall pollution reduction of 20% and a decrease in equilibrium employment. City B implements a uniform-reduction policy under which each firm cuts its pollution by 20%. Which city will experience a large reduction in equilibrium employment? Illustrate with a graph

Consider two cities, each of which initially experiences 100 tons of pollution per day (50 tons from each polluting firm). City A imposes a pollution tax, resulting in an overall pollution reduction of 20% and a decrease in equilibrium employment. City B implements a uniform-reduction policy under which each firm cuts its pollution by 20%. Which city will experience a large reduction in equilibrium employment? Illustrate with a graph

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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