The figure shows the trade-off between consumption and quality of the environment. Which of the following statements best explains the shape of the feasible consumption frontier?
The figure shows the trade-off between consumption and quality of the environment. Which of the following statements best explains the shape of the feasible consumption frontier?
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The figure shows the trade-off between consumption and quality of the
environment. Which of the following statements best explains the shape of the
feasible consumption frontier?
100
Feasible consumption frontier
(given abatement technology)
Maximum level
of consumption,
zero abatement
Feasible set
E with zero
abatement
50
Consumption of goods and services (billions €)
The marginal rate of transformation increases as more consumption is given up.
As we sacrifice more and more consumption, the marginal gains in terms of
environmental quality increase.
The diagram shows that the environmental gains from giving up consumption
are large (and cheap) at the beginning. This is because it assumes that we adopt
the most cost-effective technologies first.
We care less about giving up some consumption when consumption is high (say
from 500 to 450) than we do when consumption is low (say 100 to 50).
Quality of the environment, E](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fd0f0b3a4-f375-4945-a9b3-eccb4f972431%2F0461d32c-cb2d-4029-9e54-c0325d4ad881%2Fvnjg3u_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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hour will give you positive feedback.
The figure shows the trade-off between consumption and quality of the
environment. Which of the following statements best explains the shape of the
feasible consumption frontier?
100
Feasible consumption frontier
(given abatement technology)
Maximum level
of consumption,
zero abatement
Feasible set
E with zero
abatement
50
Consumption of goods and services (billions €)
The marginal rate of transformation increases as more consumption is given up.
As we sacrifice more and more consumption, the marginal gains in terms of
environmental quality increase.
The diagram shows that the environmental gains from giving up consumption
are large (and cheap) at the beginning. This is because it assumes that we adopt
the most cost-effective technologies first.
We care less about giving up some consumption when consumption is high (say
from 500 to 450) than we do when consumption is low (say 100 to 50).
Quality of the environment, E
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