Janet bought a share of stock for $47.50 that paid a dividend of $.72 and sold one year later for $51.38. what was her dollar profit or loss and holding period return? a. $0.72, 7.55% b. $3.88, 8.95% c. $4.60, 9.68% d. $3.88, 9.68%

Suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms. a) find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b) repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c) comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.