Relating to the Economics in Practice on page 338: A number of agencies in the federal government, including the EPA, use the social cost of carbon as their internal carbon fee. In 2015, this price they were paying was ________ per ton of carbon.
A) $18
B) $39
C) $62
D) $100

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In 2015, the social cost of carbon used by a number of agencies in the federal government, including the EPA, was $39 per ton of carbon. This figure is used to estimate the economic damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon emissions in a given year.

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