A system of transferable pollution rights:
a. increases the quantity of pollution generated

b. provides firms with an incentive to develop new pollution-abatement technologies.
c. is not as cost-effective in reducing pollution as a system based on compliance standards.
d. is characterized by none of the above.


b

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