Externalities issue is important, not only involves a moral issue but also involves economic issues in terms of resource utilization and external cost impact of positive and negative such as the cost of treatment and other costs.
Definition | Source | In economics, an externality, or transaction spillover, is a cost or benefit that is not transmitted through prices or is incurred by a party who was not involved as either a buyer or seller of the goods or services causing the cost or benefit. | Wikipedia | In economics, an externality is defined as a cost or a benefit stemming from a transaction that affects various third parties who are not part of the transaction. | Wisegeek | Define externality as cost or interest from a market transaction that not imposed any price. It refers externality occur effect to third personnamely other than seller and buyer. Cost or interest discounted inproduction (seller) or usage (buyer). | Hyman (2002) | Eksternaliti is activity some party (household or firm) influence utility possibility or other party production without incurred cost. | Brodway (1979) |
The implication are as follows: * Party which produces the effect has no incentive to take if, whether the effect benefit of prejudice party influenced. * Party thet influence might be using total resources that is inefficient in conducting their activity.
Economic impact of externality | Positive externality | Negative externality | Explanation | Also called beneficial externality, external benefit, external economy, or Merit goods. | Also called external cost or external diseconomy. | | External mold which brought good effect result economic activity which is being carried out by a firm. | Extenal mold that harmful result economic activity which is being carried out by a firm. | | Similarly, if too many positive externalities fall outside the participants in a
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