________ is a cost or benefit resulting from some activity or transaction that is imposed or bestowed on parties outside the activity or transaction.

A. A provisional injunction
B. Marginality
C. Utility
D. An externality


Answer: D

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If the dollar depreciates relative to the Peso, it can be said that

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If a positive externality results from the consumption of higher education, then the marginal benefit students receive from education:

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