In 2017, economists working at the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Tax Analysis have estimated that the marginal social cost of carbon dioxide emissions was about

A) $7 per metric ton.
B) $32 per metric ton.
C) $49 per metric ton.
D) $70 per metric ton.


Answer: C

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