A competitive refining industry produces one unit of waste for each unit of refined product. The industry
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a) What are the equilibrium price and quantity for the refined product when there is no correction for the externality?
b) How much of the chemical should the market supply at the social optimum?
c) How large is the deadweight loss from the externality?
d) Suppose the government imposes an emissions fee of $T per unit of emissions. How large should the emissions fee be if the market is to produce the economically efficient amount of the refined product?
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