Suppose that a firm's marginal abatement cost function with existing technologies is MAC = 8 - E. If the firm adopts new pollution abatement technologies, then its marginal abatement cost function will become MAC = 4 - 0.5E. With an emissions tax of $2, the benefits of adopting the new technologies equal $____.
Suppose that a firm's marginal abatement cost function with existing technologies is MAC = 8 - E. If the firm adopts new pollution abatement technologies, then its marginal abatement cost function will become MAC = 4 - 0.5E. With an emissions tax of $2, the benefits of adopting the new technologies equal $____.
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Suppose that a firm's marginal abatement cost function with existing technologies is MAC = 8 - E. If the firm adopts new pollution abatement technologies, then its marginal abatement cost function will become MAC = 4 - 0.5E. With an emissions tax of $2, the benefits of adopting the new technologies equal $____.
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