Consider a coal- fired electric- power plant that is operating under a system of tradable pollution permits (and the firm currently owns permits) .If its marginal cost of pollution abatement is $100 per unit and the price of the permit is $150 per unit,this firm will
A) buy more permits and abate more pollution.
B) sell permits and abate more pollution.
C) not abate at all.
D) buy more permits and abate less pollution.
E) not buy any permits,since that would push up its costs.
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