Designing a Municipal Air Quality Policy
A mid-sized industrial city is facing a significant public health crisis due to poor air quality, primarily caused by emissions from a few large factories and widespread vehicle traffic. As a policy advisor, you are tasked with designing a comprehensive plan to address this 'public bad'. Propose a policy package that includes at least two different types of government intervention. For each proposed policy, explain its mechanism for reducing pollution and justify why combining these policies would be more effective than implementing just one. Finally, for each policy, identify one potential negative consequence (e.g., economic or social) and suggest a way to mitigate it.
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