Principles of Economics 2e
Principles of Economics 2e
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ISBN: 9781947172364
Author: Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro
Publisher: OpenStax
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Chapter 12, Problem 44P

In the Land of Purity, there is only one form of pollution, called “gunk.” Table 12.14 shows possible combinations of economic output and reduction of gunk, depending on what kinds of environmental regulations you choose.

Chapter 12, Problem 44P, In the Land of Purity, there is only one form of pollution, called gunk. Table 12.14 shows possible

  1. Sketch a graph of a production possibility frontier with environmental quality on the horizontal axis, measured by the percentage reduction of gunk, and with the quantity of economic output on the vertical axis.
  2. Which choices display productive efficiency?

How can you tell?

  • Which choices show allocative efficiency? How can you tell?
  • In the choice between K and L, can you say which one is better and why?
  • In the choice between K. and N, can you say which one is better, and why?
  • If you had to guess, which choice would you think is move likely to represent a command-and-control environmental policy and which choice is more likely to represent a market-oriented environmental policy, choice L or M? Why?
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