Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Maximum and minimum prices

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

What is the particular advantage of pollution permits, in contrast to an alternative policy of taxes imposed on the quantity of pollutants emitted by firms?

  • Afirms have a financial incentive to reduce pollution
  • Bno monitoring of firm’s emissions is required
  • Cpollution levels can be reduced to zero
  • Dthe reduction in the level of pollution is more predictable

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