urope, Southern Europe and the United Kingdom. Each region had three technologies to abate. The marginal cost of abatement for each unit, and the number of pollution units that is able to be pated using a given technology, are indicated below for each region and each technology. Countries may use either all or part of a given abatement technology. Technology 1 Technology 2 Technology 3 orthern Europe $5 (10 units) $9 (25 units) $15 (10 units) outhern Europe $4 (15 units) $5 (5 units) $8 (10 units) nited Kingdom $2 (20 units) $3 (10 units) $7 (5 units) ) Under a uniform abatement program in which each region abates 25 units, what are the total costs for each region? Under a least cost abatement program of abating 75 units in total what are the total costs for each region?

urope, Southern Europe and the United Kingdom. Each region had three technologies to abate. The marginal cost of abatement for each unit, and the number of pollution units that is able to be pated using a given technology, are indicated below for each region and each technology. Countries may use either all or part of a given abatement technology. Technology 1 Technology 2 Technology 3 orthern Europe $5 (10 units) $9 (25 units) $15 (10 units) outhern Europe $4 (15 units) $5 (5 units) $8 (10 units) nited Kingdom $2 (20 units) $3 (10 units) $7 (5 units) ) Under a uniform abatement program in which each region abates 25 units, what are the total costs for each region? Under a least cost abatement program of abating 75 units in total what are the total costs for each region?

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Author:Roger A. Arnold

Publisher:Roger A. Arnold

Chapter17: Market Failure: Externalities, Public Goods, And Asymmetric Information

Section17.3: Environmental Policy

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