Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (8th Edition)

by O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven; Perez, Stephen

Published by Prentice Hall

ISBN 10: 0-13294-886-9

ISBN 13: 978-0-13294-886-9

Chapter 16 - External Costs and Environmental Policy - Exercises - 16.4 Marketable Pollution Permits - Page 374: 4.3

Answer

left increase

Work Step by Step

A decrease in the number of permits will shift the supply curve to the $\textbf{left}$, $\textbf{increasing}$ the equilibrium price of the permits.

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