Environmental Economics and Trade Policies Quiz
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What is the purpose of cap and trade approaches?

  • To impose taxes on goods
  • To address markets for goods with positive consumption externalities
  • To address markets for goods with negative production externalities (correct)
  • To address markets for goods with positive production externalities
  • What is a counterargument to the infant industries argument?

  • Foreign trade should not be used as a way to avoid domestic regulations.
  • Trade between countries can reduce the likelihood that they go to war with each other.
  • It may be challenging to determine whether another country is selling goods cheaply because it is trying to undermine an industry or if it is just more efficient at producing the good.
  • Industries with government protection may develop to be inefficient and dependent on government protection. (correct)
  • What would be an effective way for a country to ensure a surplus of a good to sell internationally?

  • A non-binding price floor.
  • A tax on sellers.
  • A tax on buyers.
  • A binding price floor. (correct)
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