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Vocabulary Review

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  1. Economic side-effects or third-party effects, in which some of the benefits or costs associated with the production or consumption of a product affect someone other than the direct producer or consumer of the product. Can be positive or negative.

    Answer: Externalities

  2. A beneficial or positive side effect that results when the production or consumption of a good or service affects the welfare of people who are not the parties directly involved in a market exchange.

    Answer: Positive Externality

  3. A negative side effect that results when the production or consumption of a good or service affects the welfare of people who are not the parties directly involved in a market exchange.

    Answer: Negative Externality

  4. Sometimes referred to as "third-party benefit" or "spillover benefit," it is a benefit obtained without compensation by third parties from the production or consumption of other parties.

    Answer: Positive Externality

  5. Sometimes referred to as "third-party cost" or "spillover cost," it is a cost imposed on third parties by the production or consumption of other parties.

    Answer: Negative Externality

  6. ________ blank is the prescription of price and output for a specific industry, often a natural monopoly.

    Answer: Economic regulation

  7. ________ blank is the prescription of health, safety, performance, environmental, output and job standards across several industries.

    Answer: Social regulation

  8. People who receive the benefits of something without actually paying.

    Answer: Free Riders

  9. Another term for 'third party benefit' or 'positive externality'

    Answer: spillover benefit

  10. Another term for 'spillover benefit' or 'positive externality'

    Answer: third party benefit

  11. Another term for 'spillover cost' or 'negative externality'

    Answer: third party cost

  12. Another term for 'third party cost' or 'negative externality'

    Answer: spillover cost