Marginal benefit, to individual producer $1,100 MB 1,000 900 800 700 600 MBA 500 400 300 200 100 0 200 600 1,000 1,400 1,800 2,200 Quantity of pollution emisions (tons) 7. Carbon Dioxide Pollution in Duopoly. Currently each firm is emitting 2,000 tons of carbon dioxide, so the total emissions is 4,000 tons. The government wishes to limit total emissions to 1,600 tons in the market. a. (16) The government decides to impose environmental standards so that each firm will be allowed to emit 800 tons each. What will be the total cost in this Duopoly if the government does this? b. {16} Instead of imposing environmental standards, the government passes an emissions tax of $400 per ton. How much carbon dioxide will each firm emit in this case and what will be the total cost in this Duopoly with the emissions tax?
Marginal benefit, to individual producer $1,100 MB 1,000 900 800 700 600 MBA 500 400 300 200 100 0 200 600 1,000 1,400 1,800 2,200 Quantity of pollution emisions (tons) 7. Carbon Dioxide Pollution in Duopoly. Currently each firm is emitting 2,000 tons of carbon dioxide, so the total emissions is 4,000 tons. The government wishes to limit total emissions to 1,600 tons in the market. a. (16) The government decides to impose environmental standards so that each firm will be allowed to emit 800 tons each. What will be the total cost in this Duopoly if the government does this? b. {16} Instead of imposing environmental standards, the government passes an emissions tax of $400 per ton. How much carbon dioxide will each firm emit in this case and what will be the total cost in this Duopoly with the emissions tax?
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