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. Moreover, assume that the adoption costs for the new technologies are $3. If the government raises the tax on emissions from $1 to $3, then the firm's total costs increase by $__. (Hint: total costs are different from total compliance costs. Total compliance costs are the sum of TAC and tax payment, while total costs are the sum of total compliance costs and adoption costs (remember that adoption costs are only incurred if the firm actually decides to adopt the new technology).) Please round your final answer to two decimal places if necessary. Answer:

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. Moreover, assume that the adoption costs for the new technologies are $3. If the government raises the tax on emissions from $1 to $3, then the firm's total costs increase by $__. (Hint: total costs are different from total compliance costs. Total compliance costs are the sum of TAC and tax payment, while total costs are the sum of total compliance costs and adoption costs (remember that adoption costs are only incurred if the firm actually decides to adopt the new technology).) Please round your final answer to two decimal places if necessary. Answer:

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