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| The uncompensated impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander. |
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| internalizing the externality |
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| Altering incentives so that people take account of the external effects of their actions. |
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| A tax designed to induce private decision makers to take account of the social costs that arise from a negative externality. |
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| The proposition that if private parties can bargain without cost over the allocation of resources, they can solve the problem of externalities on their own. |
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| The costs that parties incur in the process of agreeing to and following through on a bargain. |
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