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External cost External benefit Externalities Negative externalities Positive externalities Marginal social cost of pollution Marginal social benefit of pollution Socially optimal quantity of pollution Coase theorem Transaction costs Internalize the externality Environmental standards Emissions tax Pigouvian tax Tradable emissions permits Pigouvian subsidy Technology spillover Positive feedback | the proposition that even in the presence of externalities an economy can always reach an efficient solution as long as transaction costs are sufficiently low. the additional gain to society as a whole from an additional unit of pollution. a payment designed to encourage activities that yield external benefits. an external benefit that results when knowledge spreads among individuals and firms. the costs to individuals of making a deal. external costs. the additional cost imposed on society as a whole by an additional unit of pollution. external benefits. taxes designed to reduce external costs. licenses to emit limited quantities of pollutants that can be bought and sold by polluters. a tax that depends on the amount of pollution a firm produces. an uncompensated cost that an individual or firm imposes on others; also known as negative externality. take into account external costs and external benefits. rules established by a government to protect the environment by specifying actions by producers and consumers. put simply, success breeds success, failure breeds failure; the effect is seen with goods that are subject to network externalities. the quantity of pollution that society would choose if all the costs and benefits of pollution were fully accounted for. an uncompensated benefit that an individual or firm confers on others; also known as positive externality. external benefits and external costs. |