Imagine a firm with a marginal abatement cost ( MAC) function equal to: MAC = 70 - 10E. The government introduces a cap-and-trade policy and grandfathers the firm 5 permits initially. Assuming the market price of permits is $10, the firm will spend a total of $____ in order to buy permits. (Note: your answer can be positive or negative; if it is positive, the firm buys permits and your answer represents the firm's total expenditures on permits; if it is negative, the firm sells permits and your answer represents the firm's total revenues from selling permits).

Imagine a firm with a marginal abatement cost ( MAC) function equal to: MAC = 70 - 10E. The government introduces a cap-and-trade policy and grandfathers the firm 5 permits initially. Assuming the market price of permits is $10, the firm will spend a total of $____ in order to buy permits. (Note: your answer can be positive or negative; if it is positive, the firm buys permits and your answer represents the firm's total expenditures on permits; if it is negative, the firm sells permits and your answer represents the firm's total revenues from selling permits).

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