Tradable emissions permits:
a. provide polluters with an incentive to take the marginal social cost of pollution into account.
b. are a form of subsidy.
c. give consumers an incentive to buy from environmental-friendly firms.
d. are a type of transaction cost.
Ans: a. provide polluters with an incentive to take the marginal social cost of pollution into account.
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