Policy analysts in the department of natural resources have


Policy analysts in the Department of Natural Resources have estimated that the marginal benefits from water pollution abatement are given by the function MB ¼ 0.90 À 0.03A, where A is a measure of the abatement intensity. Industry experts have estimated that the marginal cost of abatement activity is MC = 0.30 + 0.09A.

a. Determine the optimal level of abatement activity.

b. Explain what happens when new technology reduces the marginal cost of abatement to MC = 0.25 + 0.06A.

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