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<p>Create page. Sources: linked pages &amp; CFI webpage https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/economics/externality/</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Externalities are costs suffered (or benefits enjoyed) by a party unrelated to the source of the cost or benefit.<br /> <br /> Externalities may be negative or positive.<br /> <br /> Negative externalities include pollution.<br /> <br /> Postive externalities include research and development activities.<br /> <br /> <br /> They are considered to be an important source of market inefficiencies.<br /> <br /> Market interventions such as taxes and subsidies seek to discourage activities leading to negative externalities, and promote activities leading to positive externalities.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Contagion]]<br /> *[[Efficient market]]<br /> *[[Moral hazard]]<br /> *[[Negative externality]]<br /> *[[Systemic risk]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]<br /> [[Category:The_business_context]]<br /> [[Category:Corporate_finance]]<br /> [[Category:Investment]]<br /> [[Category:Long_term_funding]]<br /> [[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]<br /> [[Category:Ethics]]<br /> [[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]<br /> [[Category:Manage_risks]]<br /> [[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]</div>

imported>Doug Williamson