To be effective, U.S. command-and-control environmental regulation required
A) social costs of industrial pollution to become unavoidable business costs.
B) firms to take the social costs of pollution into account.
C) firms to increase their costs by installing specified anti-pollution equipment.
D) the EPA to oversee all environmental laws and all of the above.

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Command-and-control environmental regulation in the U.S. involves making social costs of pollution unavoidable for businesses, requiring firms to consider these costs, and mandating the installation of specific anti-pollution equipment, all under the oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

To Be Effective, U.S. Command-And-Control Environmental Regulation Required