In New State, the bottling law requires that people get a refund of five cents when they return an empty bottle or can. Why does the state pay people to return bottles? In your answer, be sure to mention the role played by incentives
What will be an ideal response?
Policy makers know that people making choices respond to incentives. Instead of throwing away bottles and cans, people will now bring the used bottles and cans to the designated areas for recycling in order to receive their payment. Thus policy makers have taken advantage of people's decision making by increasing the marginal benefit of returning bottles in order to reduce litter and clean the environment.
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Refer to Figure 4-5. The figure above represents the market for pecans. Assume that this is a competitive market. At a quantity of 4,000 pounds
A) the marginal benefit of pecans is greater than the marginal cost; therefore, output is inefficiently low. B) the marginal benefit of pecans is greater than the marginal cost; therefore, output is inefficiently high. C) the marginal cost of pecans is greater than the marginal benefit; therefore, output is inefficiently low. D) producers should raise the price to $9 in order to sell the quantity demanded of 4,000.
A cross-country analysis of money growth shows that the growth rate in the money supply was:
A. higher in countries with lower inflation rates. B. lower in countries with lower inflation rates. C. lower in countries with higher inflation rates. D. the same whether the countries had high or low inflation rates.