A cost or benefit of the production or consumption of a good or service that falls on parties that are not directly involved in the transaction is called
a non-excludable good. |
a non-rival good. |
a public good. |
a private good. |
an externality. |
Marginal external cost is
the extra cost that a consumer pays in order to purchase one more unit of a product. |
paid entirely by parties paying for a transaction and not by non-paying bystanders. |
the extra cost that a firm pays in order to produce a product. |
all the costs incurred by people affected by a transaction, both the direct paying parties and the bystanders. |
the marginal cost of production that accrues to individuals and firms not directly involved in the transaction. |
1. Such costs of benifits are known as externalities. Externality can be positive or negative. A positive externality is one in which the third party not involved in the transaction is benifitted and negative externality is one in which the third party has to bear a cost.
2. It is the marginal cost of production that accrues to individuals and firms not directly involved in the transaction. It is not borne by the people directly involved in a transaction , rather it is borne by people and firms not involved in the transaction.
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