An example of an externality is: a) the irritation you feel when you drive past a gas station offering a 20% discount on gas, having just filled your tank for full price at a station 100 meters up to the road b) the penalty paid by a coal mining company after it is caught illegally dumping toxic waste into a river c) the injury suffered by a cyclist who, in your delirious rage over missing the bargain at the gas station, you inadvertently force off the road as you drive past the gas station d) the price paid by an electricity company for an emission certificate on the European Trading Scheme, allowing it to emit a specified level of CO2

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An example of an externality is:
a) the irritation you feel when you drive past a gas station offering a 20% discount on gas, having just filled your tank for full price at a station 100 meters up to the road
b) the penalty paid by a coal mining company after it is caught illegally dumping toxic waste into a river
c) the injury suffered by a cyclist who, in your delirious rage over missing the bargain at the gas station, you inadvertently force off the road as you drive past the gas station
d) the price paid by an electricity company for an emission certificate on the European Trading Scheme, allowing it to emit a specified level of CO2

 

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