Consider a coal- fired electric- power plant that is operating under a cap and trade system. If its marginal cost of pollution abatement is $5 per unit and the price of the permit is $3 per unit, this firm will
A) not buy any permits, since that would push up its costs.
B) buy permits and abate less pollution.
C) buy permits and abate more pollution.
D) sell permits and abate more pollution.
E) not abate at all.
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