Table : TABLE 1 EXTERNALITIES BY ORIGIN AND IMPACT
TABLE 1 EXTERNALITIES BY ORIGIN AND IMPACT
Impact
Victims and Beneficiaries of an Externality
Origin of ExternalityConsumersProducers
PositiveNegativePositiveNegative
Consumers
  • Private schools

  • Immunizations

  • Landscaping

  • Auto pollution

  • Littering

  • Smoking

  • Flu shot reducing sick days

  • Private auto use that adds to road congestion, slowing down commercial traffic

  • PositiveNegativePositiveNegative
    Producers
  • New factory leading to new shops and restaurants in town

  • Factory air pollution on wilderness hikers

  • Pesticide runoff affecting trout fishing

  • Honey bees improving apple orchards

  • Pollution that harms commercial fishing