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Air pollution from automobile exhausts, and water pollution steel plants are examples of ?

Correct answer: B. negative externalities

  • A. external economies
  • B. negative externalities
  • C. internal spillover
  • D. social distortion

Explanation

Pollution imposes health and environmental costs on people who were not parties to the transaction, so it is a negative externality. External economies are beneficial spillover effects, making option a the opposite case.

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