Marketable permit

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Marketable permit is a permit that allows a firm to emit a certain amount of pollution, where firms with more permits than pollution can sell the remaining permits to other firms.

Definition

According to Principles of Economics by Timothy Taylor (3rd edition),

Marketable permit. A permit that allows a firm to emit a certain amount of pollution, where firms with more permits than pollution can sell the remaining permits to other firms.