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Essentials of Economics (Mankiw)- Chapter 10 Vocabulary
Externalities
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Economics
Graduate
01/28/2012

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Term
externality
Definition
The uncompensated impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander.
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internalizing the externality
Definition
Altering incentives so that people take account of the external effects of their actions.
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corrective tax
Definition
A tax designed to induce private decision makers to take account of the social costs that arise from a negative externality.
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Coarse theorem
Definition
The proposition that if private parties can bargain without cost over the allocation of resources, they can solve the problem of externalities on their own.
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transaction costs
Definition
The costs that parties incur in the process of agreeing to and following through on a bargain.
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