Externality
Overview
In economics
, an externality (or transaction spillover) is a cost or benefit, not transmitted through prices, incurred by a party who did not agree to the action causing the cost or benefit. The benefits of externalities, in this case, is called a positive externality or external benefit, while its cost is called a negative externality or external costs.
In these cases of both negative and positive externalities,in a competitive market, prices do not reflect the full costs or benefits of producing or consuming a product or service.
Also, producers and consumers may neither bear all of the costs nor reap all of the benefits of the economic activity, and too much or too little of the goods will be produced or consumed in terms of overall costs and benefits to society.
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, an externality (or transaction spillover) is a cost or benefit, not transmitted through prices, incurred by a party who did not agree to the action causing the cost or benefit. The benefits of externalities, in this case, is called a positive externality or external benefit, while its cost is called a negative externality or external costs.
In these cases of both negative and positive externalities,in a competitive market, prices do not reflect the full costs or benefits of producing or consuming a product or service.
Also, producers and consumers may neither bear all of the costs nor reap all of the benefits of the economic activity, and too much or too little of the goods will be produced or consumed in terms of overall costs and benefits to society.
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