Sam and elliot are an unmarried couple. they are registered as domestic partners in the state where they live because the state bans gay marriage and civil unions. currently, they are concerned about their finances, as elliot has recently been laid off from his job. they know they could save a lot of money if they were able to change their federal income tax status to "married filing jointly." what should they do to change their income tax status?

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4. 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.

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