Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.4

7.4 — practice question

A government plans to introduce pollution permits in order to cut environmental damage. In which circumstances is this policy most likely to fail to bring about the reduction intended?

  • AFirms within the scheme are required to have a sufficient number of permits to cover the amount of pollution generated in production.
  • BFirms improve their technology to reduce the number of permits they require.
  • CFirms that do not use all of their permits can sell some of them to other firms.
  • DThe permits do not impose strict enough limits on carbon emissions.

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