Suppose that Pat has the legal right to fly an extremely noisy airplane over Chris's apartment and that he values that right at $1,000 per year. Chris would be willing to pay $800 per year to avoid the noise. In this case,
a. Pat will be required to eliminate the overflight
b. Chris will move to a new apartment
c. Pat and Chris have a powerful incentive to eliminate the overflight because both would benefit from it
d. some governmental agency will step in to require Pat to choose a different flight pattern
e. there is no basis for an agreement to eliminate the overflight
E
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