BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ECONOMICS

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Define externality
A
things needed to create goods or services
B
place where goods and services are bought and sold for a price
C
Results of making things whose values and limitations do not change the price of goods and services they produce
D
place needed to produce goods, but cannot be destroyed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is an Externality? An externality is a cost or benefit caused by a producer that is not financially incurred or received by that producer. An externality can be both positive or negative and can stem from either the production or consumption of a good or service.

Detailed explanation-2: -In economics, there are four different types of externalities: positive consumption and positive production, and negative consumption and negative production externalities. As implied by their names, positive externalities generally have a positive effect, while negative ones have the opposite impact.

Detailed explanation-3: -An externality is a cost or benefit of an economic activity experienced by an unrelated third party. The external cost or benefit is not reflected in the final cost or benefit of a good or service.

Detailed explanation-4: -A negative externality exists when a cost spills over to a third party. A positive externality exists when a benefit spills over to a third-party. Government can discourage negative externalities by taxing goods and services that generate spillover costs.

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