Maximum Offer from the Fishing Industry
The maximum amount the fishing industry would be willing to pay the plantations to reduce banana output is the total value of their own gain. This corresponds to the entire reduction in pollution costs they would experience if production were lowered to the Pareto-efficient level.
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