Which gives you greater total utility: 14 gallons of water per day or 22 gallons per day? Why?


Ans: 22 gallons of water per day gives greater total utility than 14 gallons per day. Higher consumption would give greater total utility.

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Firms that can reduce pollution easily would be willing to sell their pollution permits

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