Multiple Choice
The following graph shows the market for pollution rights. The supply curve represents the amount of ______.
Figure 17.4
A) toxins the firms want to dump into the river
B) water that can be used as an input by firms
C) toxins that can be dumped into the river without reducing the water quality below a certain level
D) pollution the firm is willing to clean up
E) the pollution-causing good supplied by the industry
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